Look at DRC's human rights record and consider whether this is in any way surprising

If they don't respect rights in the countries from which these soldiers come, why do we think they will behave any differently in situations of extreme vulnerability.   #modern-daymercenaries DRC to withdraw UN peacekeepers accused of misconduct.  More than 600 troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home following allegations of sex abuse and other misconduct, UN officials said Monday.  The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will announce the withdrawal Tuesday during a news conference at the United Nations, officials told AFP.  News24 Case in point... The UN rights chief on Tuesday accused authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo of backing a new militia behind "horrific attacks" in the Kasai provinces, including killing and mutilating hundreds of civilians.  "I am appalled by the creation and arming of a militia, the Bana Mura, allegedly to support the authorities in fighting the Kamwina Nsapu (rebels)," Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein told the UN Human Rights Council.  Daily Nation More than 3,000 people have been killed in a remote region in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a new report from Congo's Catholic Church.  As NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports, the violence in the central Kasai region erupted last August, "when the military killed Kamuina Nsapu, a chief who was calling for government forces to leave the region." The Church has been trying to broker a peace deal. Here's more from Ofeibea: "Congo's Catholic Church says the army, seeking to put down the insurrection, destroyed ten villages. The church also accuses the Kamuina Nsapu militia of killing hundreds of people, destroying four villages and attacking church property in its anti-government campaign."  NPR And by 'in talks...on the fate of [DRC peacekeeping] troops,' I hope we mean, 'how soon they can leave and how many will be prosecuted,' not, ' do we really need to do anything about this...?' The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said he was in talks with authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the fate of its troops who are facing accusations of misconduct while serving as peacekeepers in the Central African Republic.  The UN officials told AFP that the 629 troops serving in the Minusca force will be withdrawn as a result of the allegations of sex abuse, corruption and poor discipline.  News 24