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You land in Kinshasa, the massive capitol of the DRC. The MONUC HQ is located here, very very far away from the fighting. Normally, others would see how clean and official the interior is, and be excited. However, it instead discourages you.
The local commander, a white man, seems bored and uninterested. You yourself, are starting to think this was a foolish idea.
But you still had to pay to charter a plane, and you spend valuable grants on that trip home that was a mixed bag…. So you try to do something a bit different than what the UN commander is expecting.
You ask him what you could do, to enable him.
He seems to gain some interest. Now, he could be lying to you, but he tells you they lack intelligence on the situation. The front lines are bordered by a wide range of village chiefs and Mai Mai Commanders, with a spectrum of self interests and hidden loyalties. The bulk of the force is English speaking Indians and Europeans who communicate with the DRC using French.
A lot of the locals speak neither of these languages, you do.
The commander tells you that if he knew the situation, he could shift the flow of humanitarian resources to communities that were more needy or at least less likely to be robbed.
It would also be easier for him to know where and how to deploy forces on the disputed zone to protect civilians and keep the various sides apart.
