U.N. peacekeepers patrol the streets of Goma
U.N. peacekeepers patrol the streets of Goma August 2, 2013. Rwanda said on Wednesday the decision by a U.N. intervention brigade to forcibly disarm people in a strategic zone of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo had surprised African leaders and risked jeopardising peace talks. The U.N. peacekeeping mission said on Tuesday it was setting up a security zone around Goma, which briefly fell into M23 hands last year, and would disarm, by force if needed, anyone carrying weapons after a 48-hour grace period. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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