DRC: MONUSCO head Bintou Keita steps down early

Bintou Keita has stepped down from her position as Special Representative of the Secretary-General Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo and head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) after nearly five years.

The Guinean diplomat left Kinshasa on Sunday, according to a UN press release. The MONUSCO described her early departure, which was initially expected in February 2026, as a personal…