Guatemala said on Monday it would not withdraw special forces troops serving in Congo as U.N. peacekeepers, after eight of its soldiers stationed there were killed in a battle with Ugandan rebels. Guatemalan army spokesman Jorge Ortega told Reuters the remaining troops, members of an elite force created to fight insurgents during the Central American nation’s own 1960-1996 civil war, would stay in the Democratic Republic of Congo to complete their mission. Full Story
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