Kagame insists SADC troops were not peacekeepers because they were fighting alongside Congolese forces to defeat the rebels. The rebels are backed by some 4,000 troops from neighboring Rwanda ...

For Kigali, the presence of the SADC mission is a major point of contention. Rwanda views the force as “offensive” and is calling for its withdrawal, along with that of Burundian troops stationed in ...

The United States is committed to working with the Kenya-led multinational security support mission in Haiti, but its numbers need increase to restore peace and stability to the country ...

This follows multiple allegations that the SANDF was not on a peacekeeping mission mandated by the Southern African ...

The 10th Mountain Division will serve as a Joint Task Force headquarters, overseeing units from various military branches participating in the mission ... These Fort Drum troops will join ...

The troops were part of a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission deployed in 2023 to help the Kinshasa government quell unrest in the mineral-rich eastern region. A man crosses a ...

President Lazarus Chakwera has directed Malawi Defence Force (MDF) to start the process of withdrawing Malawian troops from the ... 8 2023 during an Extraordinary Sadc Summit of Heads of State and ...

Magwenya rejected the claims, saying that South African troops had been involved in peacekeeping missions in the region ... the latest being Mozambique." Magwenya also didn’t rule out a meeting ...

Last year marked the end of the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) of which SANDF troops formed part. The mission was deployed for three years to combat extremist groups in the Cabo Delgado province.

Rwanda, he says, serves as an alternative to Russian mercenaries who are active in the Central African Republic, while Rwandan forces have contained Islamic State-affiliated insurgents in Mozambique .