The first batch of 200 Ghanaian troops left Accra on Monday for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on peacekeeping duties.

A statement from the Armed Forces Public Relations Directorate said a second detachment of 201 personnel would leave on Monday, November 12 to join the first batch to serve for six months.

Brigadier J.B. Danquah, Commanding Officer of the Southern Command, told the troops in a pre-departure talk to exhibit the highest level of dedication and professionalism in order to maintain the enviable heights that the Ghana Armed Forces had attained in international peacekeeping.

Lt Col Samuel Ayitor, Commanding Officer of the detachment, MONUC GHANBATT 1, promised that he and his men would conduct themselves as worthy ambassadors of Ghana while in the DRC.