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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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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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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 […]
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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 […]
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How M23 was rolled back
In just four days, M23 has been dislodged from every one of the strongholds it once held. This surprisingly rapid reversal of fortunes for the group was unprecedented […]
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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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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 […]