A group of UN experts overseeing sanctions in the Democratic Republic of Congo has warned of a proliferation of homemade bombs in the country’s northeast, in an annual report seen by AFP Tuesday.
In suggestions to the Security Council, the group encouraged the UN’s MONUSCO peacekeeping mission to increase its capabilities “including its awareness, search, detection and response capacities on improvised explosive devices.”
A frequent weapon of choice for armed groups spanning from Afghanistan to the Sahel, IEDs have seen a recent uptick in the DR Congo.
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