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.
For Egypt’s ongoing crisis of leadership there is a distinct pattern of dissatisfaction with the state that is being aired first by anti-Morsi demonstrators and finally by pro-Morsi Muslim Brotherhood supporters. For the military regime that is now in charge, the message has so far been clear
There lies a very simple answer to why some of Africa’s bloodiest, most brutal wars never seem to end.
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?
The newly-formed Force Intervention Brigade will shortly be deploying to the area around Goma to help enforce a security zone in the area. Here’s an overview of what this expanded-mandate force is all about.
For two years South African sailors and soldiers have patrolled the Mozambican Channel against pirates. Although ‘successful’ thus far, the sharp decline of piracy in the Indian Ocean to virtually zero attacks means that Operation Copper should come to an end.