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Oryx hit by small arms fire in the DRC
An Oryx medium transport helicopter of the South African Air Force was hit twice in the main rotor blades during operations against the ADF on Saturday, 17 September, […]
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Beni, North Kivu, DR Congo: End of the day after few flights in Beni area under Sukola 1 mission. Photo MONUSCO/Uruguayan Aviation Unit As one of the higher priorities […]
Strategy
The Year of Hard Choices for SANDF
The end of 2014 saw a surge in activity for many conflicts on the continent, and with it, a changing South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The country’s […]
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Uniform Idiocy
During last week several Ukrainian MONUSCO peacekeepers, part of a flight crew, were found in Goma with a Congolese passenger freshly-arrived from Beni province, where […]
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Squaring Up Against the ADF
In an acronym-laden report, MONUSCO has announced the latest developments in operations against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and the Democratic Forces for the […]
Strategy
Structuring the African Military Beyond COIN
African conflicts should not be viewed in the same lens as Iraq and Afghanistan. A perfectly sensible statement, yet one that is ignored in a flood of attention paid […]
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ADF-NALU: DRC's new, old threat?
Depending on who you talk to, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF, or ADF-NALU) are everything from a minor player in the DRC’s security landscape, to a rising […]