Wow. This sounds serious. Some of us might remember back to 2015 when STTEP PMCs went in to help Nigeria, and almost destroyed the Jihadi terrorist group Boko Haram, until the STTEP were inexplicably told to stand down and leave. This was the kiss of life for Boko Haram. –RdM…
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ISIS Affiliate ADF Murder An Estimated 52 People With Machetes in Eastern DRC… Never Ending
The ISIS affiliate ADF (Re: Islamic State’s Central Africa Province [ISCAP]) is up to its usual brutal, merciless, evil savagery. Imagine, the ADF claims it targeted innocent civilians in retaliation for the DRC’s security forces’ recent successes against the Jihadis. Ain’t that right? I can’t say it enough, the ADF,…
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Not All Insurgencies, Guerrillas and Terrorists Require Outside Support to Survive and Continue
What many do not understand is that insurgencies typically need to be self-sufficient to survive and continue the fight. Outside support helps, but this is not always the case. ISIS and AQ have survived on their own terms for a long time, for example. Guerrilla warfare 101 calls for being…
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US Brokers a DRC-Rwanda Peace Deal; American Private and US Government Mineral interests; DRC Will Continue to Contend with Other Rebel Groups and ISIS-affiliated ADF…
If this peace deal is signed, it might not hold. Meanwhile, DRC security will remain distant. Outside of M23 rebels and their allies, and any Rwandan troops in the DRC, there are several other rebel groups for Kinshasa to deal with, including the ISIS-affiliated ADF terrorist group (a.k.a ISIS–Central Africa). Estimates…
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Reports: Erik Prince Reaches Mineral Wealth Deal with the DRC.
Erik Prince has been a busy guy and in the news a lot lately, from Ecuador to the DRC. See: Reuters — Exclusive: Trump supporter Prince reaches deal with Congo to help secure mineral wealthSummary◘ Blackwater founder struck agreement before M23 rebel advance◘ Focus on boosting tax collection, cutting cross-border…
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News 24: ‘Declaration of war’: Uganda troops deploy in South Sudan as tensions increase
Uganda military forces have been deployed in South Sudan as tensions between President Salva Kiir and his First Vice President Riek Machar increase. (Glody Murhabazi/AFP)
HistoryLegends: ‘How France Got EJECTED From West Africa’
This is well worth the watch. HistoryLegends points out something related to what I’ve been saying consistently, i.e. the French military in those Sahelian countries was there to help those countries. This was nothing colonial because those troops were there at the invitation of those governments. These are independent nations…
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What Happened That Led To The Romanian Mercenaries Surrender and M23’s Advance?
Potra’s Romanian Mercenaries Turning In To M23 Rebels. Image, The New Times News.