FIB Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/fib/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 13 Jan 2015 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 FIB Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/fib/ 32 32 SA members of special brigade in DRC are ready to go https://jjcornish.com/2015/01/sa-members-special-brigade-drc-ready-go/ Tue, 13 Jan 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/01/sa-members-special-brigade-drc-ready-go/ The United Nations peacekeeping force (MONUSCO) in the DRC isn’t tipping its hand on what action it’ll be taking to meet the Security Council’s instruction to bring Hutu rebels in the east of the country to heel. Whatever decision the commander of the blue helmets takes, the South African contingent is present, ready and waiting. […]

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]]> The United Nations peacekeeping force (MONUSCO) in the DRC isn’t tipping its hand on what action it’ll be taking to meet the Security Council’s instruction to bring Hutu rebels in the east of the country to heel.

Whatever decision the commander of the blue helmets takes, the South African contingent is present, ready and waiting.

South Africa has an infantry battalion and squadron of Rooivalk attack helicopters in the DRC….

…. as their contribution to the Special Intervention Brigade….

….uniquely mandated to take offensive action to protect civilians.

This Brigade is being deployed to subdue about 2 000 Hutu rebels that fled Rwanda after the 1994 genocide and have failed to heed a January 2 deadline to surrender.

MONUSCO’s deputy force commander Maj. Gen. Jean Baillaud they’re well prepared for operations against the rebels.

A SANDF spokesman says South African forces in the special brigade are in place and ready to play their part.

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]]> SA recommits to special brigade in DRC https://jjcornish.com/2015/01/sa-recommits-special-brigade-drc/ Tue, 13 Jan 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/01/sa-recommits-special-brigade-drc/ South Africa’s recommitted troops to the United Nations Special Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the DRC. The only blue-helmeted unit that has a mandate to operate aggressively to protect the civilian population has a new job in the troubled eastern part of the African giant. In 2013 South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi constitututed the special intervention […]

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]]> South Africa’s recommitted troops to the United Nations Special Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the DRC.

The only blue-helmeted unit that has a mandate to operate aggressively to protect the civilian population has a new job in the troubled eastern part of the African giant.

In 2013 South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi constitututed the special intervention brigade fighting and subduing M23 rebels in the eastern DRC.

The South African component comprised two infantry batallions and a squadron of Rooivalk attack helicopters.

They were the first to come under fire in operations that subdued M23.

Now their guns could be turned on former Hutu rebels from Rwanda hiding out in the DRC.

They failed to meet a January 2 deadline to surrender.

The UN Security Council has resolved that all necessary measures must be taken to disarm them.

 

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