South African peacekeeper killed in Democratic Republic of Congo
Nairobi/Kinshasa — A South African peacekeeper deployed under the UN Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was killed and two others injured during a gun battle with suspected fighters of the Mayi Mayi armed group in the North Kivu region on Monday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s office said in an e-mailed statement. The South African National Defence Force on Tuesday named the peacekeeper as 27-year-old Rifleman Moalosi Albert Mokhothu. Mokhothu was single‚ from Botshabelo‚ in the Free State province. He belonged to the 1 Parachute Battalion unit in Bloemfontein. Dozens of armed groups remain active in eastern Congo more than a decade after the end of a civil war that left at least 5-million people dead. Several nations, including the US, have expressed fears of increased violence in the nation after the government and main opposition disagreed on whether President Joseph Kabila could remain in power until elections in 2018 following the end of his final...
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