Meanwhile, more than 120 MONUC soldiers from Morocco were deployed on Friday in the city of Kisangani, a UN statement said. The troops had been waiting since last Sunday in Bangui, Central African Republic because of obstruction to their deployment by the Goma-based rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD-Goma). According to the statement, the peacekeepers were met by large cheering crowds of about 100,000 people who threw flowers and shouted, ‘Bon courage!’ to them. The troops were also greeted by the Mission’s Force Commander, Lieutenant-General Mountaga Diallo. Their arrival brings the total number of UN troops in the DRC to about 600.
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