Nine South African soldiers were also killed in eastern Congo
Dr Jacobus Cilliers, Head of African Futures and Innovation at the Institute for Security Studies, has described the deployment of the South African National Defence Force to the Democratic Republic of Congo as a ‘mission impossible’.
The Rwandan government is reportedly providing active support to M23 rebel forces, who are said to have seized control of the capital city of Goma. Last year, two soldiers were killed and three injured after a mortar landed in a SANDF camp in the DRC.Meanwhile, former cabinet Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says African leaders should continue to push for dialogue in the eastern DRC.
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