In the deadliest single attack on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in recent memory, rebels in eastern Congo killed at least 14 peacekeepers and wounded 53 others in an assault on their base that was launched at nightfall and went on for hours. The peacekeepers killed were from Tanzania. At least five Congolese soldiers also were killed in the attack Thursday evening that has been blamed on one of the region's deadliest rebel groups. Nearly 300 peacekeepers have been killed since the mission arrived in 1999, according to UN data. No new election date in sightMany rebel groups have come and gone during the UN mission's years of operation, at times invading the regional capital.

Source: CBC News December 08, 2017 15:16 UTC