{"id":72977,"date":"2022-11-02T14:02:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T14:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels"},"modified":"2022-11-02T14:49:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T14:49:24","slug":"kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels","title":{"rendered":"Kenya sends troops to DR Congo to fight rebels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span><b>Kenya on Wednesday deployed troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a regional military intervention to support the Congolese regime against rebels operating in eastern DRC, Kenyan President William Ruto announced.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As neighbors, the fate of the DRC is linked to ours,&#8221; President Ruto said in Nairobi at a ceremony, noting that the regional contingent also includes troops from Burundi, Uganda, and South Sudan, sent &#8220;on a mission to protect humanity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In April this year, leaders of the East African Community (EAC) agreed to establish a joint force to help restore security in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a ceremony in Nairobi, Ruto said the troops were &#8220;on a mission to protect humanity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As neighbours, the destiny of DRC is intertwined with ours,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will not allow any armed groups, criminals, and terrorists to deny us our shared prosperity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kenya will command the force, which will also include soldiers from Burundi, Uganda, and South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>A Rwandan contingent will be deployed along the border after Kinshasa objected to Kigali&#8217;s participation in any operations within the DRC.<\/p>\n<p>Military officials in Nairobi declined to reveal the number of Kenyan soldiers involved, citing &#8220;obvious security reasons&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A UN force, known by its French acronym of MONUSCO, is already operating in the DRC. Uganda and Burundi also sent troops to the DRC earlier at the invitation of the Congolese government.<\/p>\n<p>The M23 rebels, a mostly Congolese group, resumed fighting in late 2021 after lying dormant for years, accusing the DRC government of failing to honour an agreement to integrate its fighters into the army.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh advances by the militia across North Kivu province last month prompted the UN peacekeeping mission there to increase its alert level and boost support for the Congolese army.<\/p>\n<p>The M23&#8217;s resurgence has had resounding repercussions for relations in central Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The DRC accuses Rwanda of backing the militia, claims denied by Kigali.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. Kenya on Wednesday deployed troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a regional military intervention to support the Congolese regime against rebels operating in eastern DRC, Kenyan President William Ruto announced. &#8220;As neighbors, the fate of the DRC is linked to ours,&#8221; President Ruto said in Nairobi at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":72974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12],"tags":[6857,7003,8748,544,8968,8644,8969,312],"class_list":["post-72977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-drc-crisis","tag-kenya","tag-police-intervention","tag-rebels","tag-soldier","tag-william-ruto"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenya sends troops to DR Congo to fight rebels - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kenya on Wednesday deployed troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a regional military intervent ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kenya sends troops to DR Congo to fight rebels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kenya on Wednesday deployed troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a regional military intervent ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-02T14:02:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-02T14:49:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_3-636282d25ff7d.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"538\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kenya sends troops to DR Congo to fight rebels\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-02T14:02:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-02T14:49:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels\"},\"wordCount\":340,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_3-636282d25ff7d.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"DRC Crisis\",\"Kenya\",\"police intervention\",\"Rebels\",\"soldier\",\"William Ruto\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels\",\"name\":\"Kenya sends troops to DR Congo to fight rebels - kenya\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_3-636282d25ff7d.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-02T14:02:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-02T14:49:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Kenya on Wednesday deployed troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a regional military intervent ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_3-636282d25ff7d.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_3-636282d25ff7d.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":538,\"caption\":\"Kenya sends troops to DR Congo to fight rebels\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kenya sends troops to DR Congo to fight rebels\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\",\"name\":\"kenya\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kenya sends troops to DR Congo to fight rebels - kenya","description":"Kenya on Wednesday deployed troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a regional military intervent ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kenya sends troops to DR Congo to fight rebels","og_description":"Kenya on Wednesday deployed troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a regional military intervent ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels","og_site_name":"kenya","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-11-02T14:02:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-02T14:49:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":538,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_3-636282d25ff7d.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Kenya sends troops to DR Congo to fight rebels","datePublished":"2022-11-02T14:02:09+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-02T14:49:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels"},"wordCount":340,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_3-636282d25ff7d.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Kenya","DRC Crisis","Kenya","police intervention","Rebels","soldier","William Ruto"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels","name":"Kenya sends troops to DR Congo to fight rebels - kenya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_3-636282d25ff7d.jpg","datePublished":"2022-11-02T14:02:09+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-02T14:49:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Kenya on Wednesday deployed troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a regional military intervent ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_3-636282d25ff7d.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_3-636282d25ff7d.jpg","width":1024,"height":538,"caption":"Kenya sends troops to DR Congo to fight rebels"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-sends-troops-to-dr-congo-to-fight-rebels#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kenya sends troops to DR Congo to fight rebels"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/","name":"kenya","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}