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The involvement and use of foreign mercenaries in Congo are not new. In the 1960s, mercenaries from Belgium, France, and South Africa battled nationalist movements. They aimed to support pro ...
Romanian mercenaries lined up to cross the border into Rwanda in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on January 29, 2025. Moses Sawasawa/Associated Press ...
Wherever they have operated in the Congo, they are known as “the white giants.” But for all their fierce reputation, Colonel Jean (“Black Jack”) Schramme and his band of white mercenaries ...
The true mercenaries, complain the Tshombe supporters, are the U.N. troops in the Congo, fighting in a war in which they have no interest. ∙ Both sides are right.
M23 rebels escort Romanian mercenaries past UN peacekeepers to the border crossing into Rwanda in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.(AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) ...
U.N. experts estimate there are up to 4,000 Rwandan forces in Congo. Romanian mercenaries line up to cross the border into Rwanda in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.
Militiamen sent to Congo’s east. The initial crisis in one community has now grown into a war plaguing four provinces. Mobondo fighters now control large swathes of land, making aid access ...
GENEVA (Reuters) -A U.N.-mandated commission investigating suspected human rights violations and war crimes in Democratic Republic of Congo cannot proceed due to a funding crisis in the U.N. human ...