Congo’s elites undermining peacekeeping successes

By Austin Bay

Published January 7, 2015 4:49pm ET

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Congo’s elites undermining peacekeeping successes — Two MONUSCO UN soldiers stand guard in Goma's port as Police Nationale du Congo officers who fled Goma when M23 rebels took over the city Nov. 18 2012, return on a barge to the port of Goma, eastern Congo, Friday Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) | Jerome Delay

In February 2000, the United Nations authorized the current Congo peacekeeping operation and named it MONUCO: U.N. Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

It’s 2015. For over 15 years, the U.N. has sustained a major peacekeeping and nation-building effort in the region. Has the effort been worth the troops and treasure?

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