Kenyan troops deployed to restive Beni in DRC

Kenyans troops have been deployed to the troubled Beni region, North Kivu province, where the Congolese government has struggled to restore calm over the years. 

They now join Tanzanian soldiers who have been in the region for three months. Later, they will be joined by South African and Nepalese troops. Together, they are expected to prop up forces from the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco) who have been repulsing several rebel groups including Uganda-based ADF (Alliance democratic forces) fighters, who are settled in DRC forests.