The UN mission in Congo has drawn up a comprehensive security plan in order to bring a halt to the interminable cycles of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

On Friday, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said the plan was devised by the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in collaboration with the Congolese Armed Forces and the Congolese National Police, Xinhua reported.

"The plan includes the intensification of day and night patrols, the deployment of security check points on major routes around the city [of Goma], and the establishment of a crisis center," he added.


On September 29, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for “concrete options” to resolve the spiraling crisis in Congo, warning that “murder, pillaging and mass rape” in the eastern region of the African state have given rise to an “alarming” humanitarian situation.

On September 23, UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said the March 23 movement (M23) is strengthening its grip over the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu in the eastern Congo and could seriously threaten the Congolese government.

The M23 rebels defected from the Congolese army in April in protest over alleged mistreatment in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). They had previously been integrated into the Congolese army under a peace deal signed in 2009.

The mutiny is being led by General Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on a charge of recruiting child soldiers.

Congo has faced numerous problems over the past few decades, such as grinding poverty, crumbling infrastructure, and a war in the east of the country that has dragged on for over a decade and left over 5.5 million people dead.
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