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South Africa Deploying Troops to DR Congo
[An Nahar] South African troops have begun deploying to the Democratic Republic of the Congo...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... 's volatile east as part of a special U.N. brigade to battle armed rebels, a junior minister said Friday. "South African troops are on their way to the DRC now," deputy foreign minister Ebrahim Ebrahim told news hounds. South Africa has pledged 1,345 soldiers to the first-ever offensive United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... brigade. Tanzania and Malawi are also part of the 3,000-strong force, which began deploying to Goma on May 13. "The Tanzanians are already on the ground," said Ebrahim. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-22 |
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