Rooivalks may return from the DRC
South Africa’s Rooivalk attack helicopters may be due to return from the Democratic Republic of Congo shortly as MONUSCO tries to manage severe budget cuts.
The Strange Tale of the Georgians in the DRC
Evidence from the crash of two MI-24 helicopters in the DRC in January 2017 points to Georgian pilots flying more that simply training missions in the country. ALBERTO FITTARELLI investigates.
One SANDF soldier killed and two wounded in dawn DRC attack
Rifleman Moalosi Albert Mokhothu of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was killed in combat yesterday morning during an attack by a Mai Mai militia on the town of Butembo in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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.
Everything ADF
As one of the higher priorities for MONUSCO peacekeepers in the DRC, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) have a higher profile in the conflict than they deserve. Richard Stupart talks to Risk Advisory Group’s Jesper Cullen to sort fact from fiction about the group.