Why Kenya Must Stay in Somalia
It was a spate of kidnappings and terror attacks that sparked the Kenyan invasion of Somalia in 2011, and it precisely the same reason why Kenya should not for a second consider withdrawal from AMISOM now.
The next terrorist attack: Al Qaeda’s maritime history and ambitions
Terrorism is not a new form of political dissent in asymmetric warfare.
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.