The next terrorist attack: Al Qaeda’s maritime history and ambitions
Terrorism is not a new form of political dissent in asymmetric warfare.
What the DRC tells us about South Africa’s Army
The ongoing fight by the South African Army and its allies in the DRC has thus far been going quite well. With material gains made against M23, who has now been pushed out of the Kibati Heights and have yet to make a serious threatening move in retaliation, the doubt...
John Stupart on the DRC – eNCA
Editor John Stupart recently discussed the week’s operations of the FIB with eNCA’s Jeremy Maggs:
Week 1 of FIB’s War: 3 Lessons Learned
With the Force Intervention Brigade now fully involved in operations alongside FARDC forces against M23 (and theoretically other rebel groups), a lot has happened in their first week or so of activity. Goma is secure A clear focal point of any conflict against M23 was...
Podcast: After the FIB Assault
African Defence Review’s Richard Stupart speaks to Joseph Kay in Goma for an update on what’s happened since the Force Intervention Brigade engaged M23 last week.
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 shots of the first ever direct attack on rebel forces in UN peacekeeping history.