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The FIB Goes To War
At 07h50 yesterday morning, the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) of the United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) fired the opening […]
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Visualizing the Small Arms Trade
Trying to produce intelligent policy responses to, and informed public debate around, the proliferation of small arms across the world requires that the information […]
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Managing Editor John Stupart Talks DRC
On Friday night Managing Editor John Stupart discussed the SANDF’s role in the Eastern DRC, the budget of the operation, and equipment levels thereof with […]
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Fighting Breaks Out in Goma - Communications Tower Destroyed
During the night on 21 August, heavy fighting broke out 3km north of Goma’s airport between the M23 rebel movement and FARDC soldiers. According to sources in the […]
Podcast
Podcast: African Defence Roundup of Mali, Egypt, DRC
African Defence Review’s Richard Stupart discusses the current situation in Mali, Cairo and the Eastern DRC with a mix of analysts and journalists currently on the […]
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Crying Wolf - When everything is al Qaeda
Admist the stream of media attention paid towards the fight against M23 in the Eastern DRC, there operates another Ugandan-formed, Congolese-staffed rebel organisation, […]
Podcast
Land Forces Africa, Day 2
Land Forces Africa 2013 concluded its seminars and exhibition portion today, and ADR attended some of the excellent presentations held at the CSIR Convention Centre. In […]
Podcast
Land Forces Africa, Day 1
In this episode, we discuss Saab’s activities in Africa and around the world, including the current state of South Africa’s Gripens, the development of […]
Podcast
Land Forces Africa Pre-show Podcast
Land Forces Africa 2013 is the largest Southern African defence exhibition held in 2013. We sat down with Programme Director Tracey-Lee Zurcher and discussed the coming […]