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The Strange Tale of the Georgians in the DRC
[This is is an edited version of the article that first appeared at Bellingcat, and is reproduced here with the author’s permission.] Around January 30, 2017, news […]
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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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Everything ADF
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 […]
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South Sudan: Government forces deliberately suffocated dozens
South Sudanese government forces deliberately suffocated more than 60 men and boys who were detained in a shipping container before dumping their bodies in an open field […]
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The Man in Charge of MONUSCO
The new force commander of the United Nations’ uniformed mission in the DRC, MONUSCO, has been announced. RICHARD STUPART talks to the new commander of the […]
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SAAF Oryx hit by small arms fire in DRC
A South African Air Force (SAAF) Oryx medium transport helicopter was hit by three to four rounds of small arms fire yesterday, 4 May 2015, between 11:45 and 12:15 local […]
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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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Local Voices: Armed Militias in Masisi
This article has been republished with the kind permission of Search for Common Ground. With a few hundred men, the APCLS is one of the numerous armed groups who […]
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A Problem Like the CAR
The CAR has been grabbing sensational headlines in recent months, but the roots of the conflict, and the overall failure of CAR as a functioning state, go much further […]
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Casualties in APCLS attack on MONUSCO/FARDC positions
Three South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops were wounded yesterday morning (30 April) during an attack by the APCLS (Alliance of Patriots for a Free and […]
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'This time it’s over' - MONUSCO shows its teeth
It’s been a good year for MONUSCO’s mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the defeat of M23 in 2013 followed by decisive actions against the ADF, […]
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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 […]