peacekeeping operation. Force Commanders Lt Gen Mountaga Diallo (Senegal) : March 2000 – January 2004 Samaila Iliya (Nigeria) : January 2004 – February 2005 Babacar Gaye (Senegal) : February 2005 – July 2010 Lt Gen Chander Prakash (India) : July 2010 – March 2013 Lt Gen Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz (Brazil) : April 2013 – December 2015 Lt Gen Derrick Mgwebi (South Africa) : December 2015 – January 2018 Maj Gen Bernard Commins (France) : Acting Force Commander, January 2018 - June 2018. Lt Gen Elias Martins Filho (Brazil): June 2018 - January 2020 Lt Gen Ricardo Augusto Ferreira Costa Neves (Brazil): January 2020 - April 2021 Lt Gen Marcos de Sá Affonso da Costa (Brazil): April 2021 - Sector headquarters MONUSCO HQ: Kinshasa Sector 1: Mbandaka Sector 2 and Eastern Division HQ: Kisangani Sector 3: Kananga Sector 4: Kalemie Sector 5: Kindu Sector 6: Bunia Force numbers and fatalities In July 2004 there were 10,531 UN soldiers under MONUC's command. On 1 October 2004, the UN Security Council decided to deploy 5,900 more soldiers to Congo, although UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan had asked for some 12,000. On 25 February 2005, nine Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed by members of the Nationalist and Integrationist Front militia in Ituri province. The FNI killed another Nepali peacekeeper and took seven captive in May 2006. Two of the seven were released in late June and the UN was trying to secure the release of the remaining five. By November 2005, MONUC consisted of 16,561 uniformed troops. On 30 July 2006, MONUC forces were charged with keeping the 2006 general election—the first multiparty election in the DRC since 1960—peaceful and orderly. MONUC troops began patrolling areas of eastern DRC after armed clashes broke on 5 August following the chaotic collection of election results. The UN command is also arranging different training programmes and competitions in Congo for both Congo and international forces. A similar shooting competition was held between troops from all international forces and was won by a Pakistani infantry battalion. Total strength, on 31 October 2007 was 18,407 uniformed personnel, including 16,661 troops, 735 military observers, 1,011 police, who were supported by 931 international civilian personnel, 2,062 local civilian staff and 585 United Nations Volunteers. The UN has recorded a total of 161 fatalities among MONUC personnel, up to 1 July 2010, as follows: 100 military personnel, 10 military observers, 6 UN