The United Nations peacekeeping force in Democratic Republic of the Congo had dispatched South African Rooivalk attack helicopters to carry out air strikes on rebel positions on Dec. 1.
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MONUSCO decided to launch attacks against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) after the latter attacked UN bases on Nov. 29. A Malawian peacekeeper and 31 civilians were killed by those attacks.