Overview

Chinese government sends 23rd peacekeeping mission troupe to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•Democratic Republic of the CongoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Democratic Republic of the CongoSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2019

Start (actual): Sep 1, 2019

End (actual): Sep 16, 2020

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Democratic Republic of Congo

Loan description

Chinese government sends 23rd peacekeeping mission troupe to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In September 2019, the Chinese government dispatched its 23rd peacekeeping mission troupe to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The team had returned to China on September 16, 2020. According to CCTV via the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation the peacekeeping mission had over 200 members, with 90 officers and soldiers dispatched in the first batch (88 of the 90 were members of the engineering team). The team had completed 53 engineering tasks in one year, invested 19,437 man-hours, mobilized 6,520 units of equipment, repaired 62.64 kilometers of roads, leveled 20,216 square meters of ground, and pulled 30,250 square meters of earth and stone. The team had also destroyed more than 1,700 pieces of used ammunition and carried out more than 10 missions of humanitarian aid. The soldiers were commended by MONUSCO their supporting partner.