Rwanda has been involved with peacekeeping operations for the United Nations as well as the African Union and since 2004 their involvement has increased. They typically pick all of their troops from Mozambique which actually is Africa’s most active troop-contributing country. In total it has 6,000 Soldiers and police, but recently since 2020 Rwanda has gathered their own independent army…. Read more »
The Democratic Republic of Congo with tension continuing to rise between Rwanda, the East African community as well as the Biden administration have taken a step further in their diplomatic effort to try and put an end to this conflict. On November 24 of this year, Defense Forces chiefs from the East African Community and Southern African Development Community met… Read more »
There are two rival militaries in Sudan one named the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) who launched an attack on the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF). It was November 24, 2023 and the attacks launched by the Rapid Support Forces were by a military base near Babanusa in West Kordofan. This forced residents of this city to flee to anywhere nearby and… Read more »
Recently there has been large scale attacks by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on El Fasher, North Darfur that would target and put civilians lives at risk. The total number of civilians and displaced persons fleeing from neighbouring countries that were put at risk was around 100,000. This blindsided the U.S. and found that both the RSF and the Sudanese… Read more »
As the Democratic Republic of Congo is nearing election time in december there are reports coming out that if they continue to proceed they risk an outbreak of violence as well as a state wide crisis. In 2018 the Democratic Republic of Congo had their first peaceful transition of power with President Félix Tshisekedi taking office. Since taking office security… Read more »
The UN has had a peacekeeping mission in Mali for almost 60 years and is widely known as the deadliest place to be a UN officer. The UN plans to decrease their involvement fully by December, 31 of 2023 with the new Security Council mandate. Close to 13,000 uniformed officers as well as civilian staff will leave Mali and all… Read more »