A Violent Kind of Ceasefire, Part 2
The systematic, organised nature of the massacres carried out by SPLA troops in Juba poses difficult questions of how to hold government forces to account.
ADF-NALU: DRC’s new, old threat?
African Defence Review’s Richard Stupart talks to journalist Caroline Hellyer about the ADF, and their role in one of the least-reported areas of the eastern DRC.
Rooivalk attack helicopters perform well in first combat action against M23
Two Rooivalks from the Force Intervention Brigade attacked M23 positions in Chanzu, scoring a number of direct hits and marking the type’s first combat action.
How M23 was rolled back
A detailed analysis of how M23 was defeated by the combined forces of the DRC national army, FARDC, and the UN’s Force Intervention Brigade.
Drones and Rooivalk to the DRC
It appears as though three Rooivalk attack helicopters are being painted white and prepared for deployment to the DRC, in an effort to augment Force Intervention Brigade operations against M23.
FIB’s War on M23 could be heating up
Recent reports of G5 155mm artillery guns being moved from Potchefstroom, where most South African Defence Force Artillery is based, to Pretoria raises eyebrows at a possible injection of added firepower into the FIB.