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The closure has complicated humanitarian deliveries and diplomatic travel in the conflict-affected region, where sporadic clashes have persisted.<br \/>&#8220;I hope this is the start of a gradual reopening of Goma airport for the benefit of the population,&#8221; van de Perre told reporters on arrival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vivian van de Perre, acting head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as MONUSCO, arrived in Goma on Thursday, marking a step toward implementing a joint ceasefire monitoring and verification mechanism between the Congolese government and the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels.Her helicopter landed at Goma International [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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