BUSHAGARA CAMP, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - The United Nations' top official in Democratic Republic of Congo has sought to rally local support for the agency's troubled peacekeeping mission to the country, touring its conflict-hit eastern provinces for the first time in months.
Bintou Keïta arrived ahead of a planned visit this month by members of the U.N. Security Council and amid sharply deteriorating public support for the mission, known as MONUSCO, and sporadic violent attacks against its peacekeepers.
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