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MONUSCO number two David Gressly heads to Yemen

David Gressly was number two at MONUSCO since 2015. © John Bompengo/Monusco

MONUSCO, the United Nations stabilisation mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), will shortly have a completely new management team. [...]

Published on 09/02/2021 at 06:00 GMT

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