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 shots of the first ever direct attack on rebel forces in UN peacekeeping history.
Anti-proliferation organisations and Google team up to make the world’s small arms trade visible.
African Defence Review’s latest podcast features three expert analysts on key African flashpoints. This SITREP provides a useful update on Mali in the run up to elections, Egypt following the ousting of President Morsi, and the FIB in DRC and the establishment of a new security zone.
John Stupart examines spurious claims that armed groups in the DRC are Al-Quaeda affiliated. Are governments too-readily crying wolf?