{{The first in a fleet of United Nations drones will begin monitoring rebel activity on the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo next month, a UN commander said mid-this week.}}<\/p>\n
General Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Cruz, commander with the UN peacekeeping brigade in the country, said the unarmed drone would be airborne by the last week of November.<\/p>\n
“The initial base to operate the aerial vehicle will be in Goma, and for five months we are going to increase the equipment,” he said.<\/p>\n
The brigade hopes to have surveillance 24 hours a day by “March or April”, he added.<\/p>\n
The United Nations said in August it had ordered its first surveillance drones from an Italian company to patrol the volatile eastern region, centred around the flashpoint city of Goma.<\/p>\n
The drones’ target will be the activities of the M23 movement. <\/p>\n
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