Three months since the battle of Goma tipped the balance of control in North Kivu province in favour of M23 rebels, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) and its counterparts from Malawi and Tanzania have finally and quietly started withdrawing from their bases in Goma and Sake in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The three countries’ soldiers are part of the ill-fated SamiDRC (SA Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo) deployed to the area in December 2023 to help the Congolese government in getting a grip on the volatile conflict-ridden area where M23 was rapidly gaining ground...

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