Foreign Policy

US sends troops to Africa over Congo unrest

By Allison Elyse Gualtieri
Published January 5, 2019 4:15am ET
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US sends troops to Africa over Congo unrest
Congolese voters who have been waiting at the St. Raphael school in the Limete district of Kinshasa. | (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

About 80 troops arrived in Gabon this week and more may follow, the White House announced in a letter to Congress on Friday.

President Trump said the personnel, who arrived Jan. 2 along with combat equipment and aircraft, are there to help protect U.S. citizens and diplomatic facilities in Kinshasa, Congo.

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