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Jul
06
2024
By The African Mirror
Soldier prosecutions underscore weakness of DR Congo’s anti-M23 campaign

Soldier prosecutions underscore weakness of DR Congo’s anti-M23 campaign

NEWS
A military court in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has sentenced to death 25 soldiers accused of fleeing the front line while fighting against the Rwanda-back M23 rebel group. Several Congolese soldiers and officers were also sentenced in May to death for “cowardice” and “fleeing the enemy” after a trial in Goma, the largest city in eastern DRC. Human rights activists said soldiers are being scapegoated for what are broader systemic issues within the security forces, while army officers told Reuters the crackdown has spread fear and distrust in the military. The M23 is led by Congolese Tutsis who say they are fighting…
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Mar
02
2024
By JASON STEARNS and JOSHUA Z. WALKER
DRC-Rwanda crisis: what’s needed to prevent a regional war

DRC-Rwanda crisis: what’s needed to prevent a regional war

NEWS
IN the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South African, Burundian and Tanzanian troops are fighting against the Rwandan army, which has deployed in support of the rebellion by the March 23 Movement, or M23. Soldiers from South Africa and Burundi, as well as from the United Nations peacekeeping mission, have recently suffered casualties. In the crossfire, civilians have fled: seven million Congolese are now displaced due to this and multiple other crises in the DRC. Diplomats are concerned: the conflict in the eastern DRC was the subject of a special meeting at the United Nations Security Council on…
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Jul
14
2023
By GUY FAULCONBRIDGE
Russian general says top military brass betrayed soldiers fighting in Ukraine

Russian general says top military brass betrayed soldiers fighting in Ukraine

WORLD
A Russian general said he had been dismissed as a commander after telling the military leadership about the dire situation at the front in Ukraine, where he said Russian soldiers had been stabbed in the back by the failings of the top military brass. After the June 24 mutiny by Wagner mercenaries, the biggest domestic challenge to the Russian state in decades, President Vladimir Putin has so far kept Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov in their jobs. Major General Ivan Popov, who commanded the 58th Combined Arms Army, said in a voice message…
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Apr
21
2023
By The African Mirror
Egyptian army says soldiers stuck in Sudan back home or at embassy

Egyptian army says soldiers stuck in Sudan back home or at embassy

NEWS
THREE flights carrying 177 Egyptian troops from Sudan have arrived in Cairo and a separate group of 27 air force personnel are in the care of the Egyptian embassy in Sudan, according to military statements. Sudan's capital, Khartoum, and its sister cities Omdurman and Bahri have been rocked by fierce battles between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), leaving many stranded and causing food supplies to run short. The RSF said it had detained 27 Egyptian air force personnel after storming Merowe air base in northern Sudan on Saturday. The Sudanese army released a statement on Thursday correcting an…
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