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The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Forces armées de la république démocratique du Congo, FARDC) is the state organisation responsible for defending the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The FARDC was rebuilt patchily as part of the peace process which followed the end of the Second Congo War, in July 2003. The ...
[1] SIG SG 540 [1] Switzerland: Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO CETME Model 58 [1] Spain: Battle rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO: FN FAL Belgium: Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO The Heavy Barrel machine gun variant is also used. [1] IMI Galil [1] Israel: Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO Machine guns Bren L4 [1] United Kingdom: Light machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO ...
The land forces are made up of about 14 integrated brigades, of fighters from all the former warring factions which have gone through an brassage integration process (see next paragraph), and a not-publicly known number of non-integrated brigades which remain solely made up from single factions (the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD)'s Armee National Congolaise, the ex-government former ...
[1] Groupe JKK / CCCRD 2020 Chimpanzé Hakizimwami National Council for the Democratic Renewal (CNRD) 2016 Colonel Wilson Irategeka # (2016–2020) [2] Busumba group FAP Kasereka Ngesera Forces de défense du Congo (FDC) Butu Luanda Charles Mbura (until 2013; split into MAC) Madragul FDC–Tumusifu 2016 Tumusifu † [3]
During the Second Congo War, Kifwa was the head of Laurent-Désiré Kabila's personal guard. [1] He served as the commander of President Joseph Kabila's Republican Guard until 2007. [citation needed] As of 2008, he was in charge of the 9th military region, Orientale Province. During his time there, the FARDC had to deal with armed groups that ...
The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (French: Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC)) is the state military organisation responsible for defending the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The FARDC is being rebuilt as part of the peace process which followed the end of the Second Congo War in July 2003.
The National Coalition of the People for the Sovereignty of Congo (French: Coalition Nationale du Peuple pour la Souveraineté du Congo, abbreviated as the CNPSC), and also known as the Alliance of Article 64 (French: l’Alliance de l’Article 64, abbreviated AA64), [2] is an armed rebel coalition in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
15 February 2024: Two South African soldiers died and three sustained injuries in a mortar strike near the eastern city of Goma. [11]1 March 2024: A soldier of the South African National Defence Force shot and killed his colleague with his service firearm before turning the gun on himself and killing himself, resulting in 2 casualties.