JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa will send troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a U.N. mission to neutralise armed groups in the conflict-torn east of the country, a South African military spokesman said on Sunday.
The deployment comes as South Africa is coming to grips with its worst military setback since the end of apartheid in 1994. Thirteen of its troops were killed last month in a shootout with rebels in the neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR).
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