sentences:  The FARDC is organised on the basis of brigades, which are dispersed throughout the provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Congolese troops have been fighting the Kivu conflict in the eastern North Kivu region, the Ituri conflict in the Ituri region, and other rebellions since the Second Congo War.Besides the FARDC, the largest peacekeeping mission of the United Nations, known as MONUSCO, is also present in the country with about 18,000 peacekeepers.