EDITORIAL: A colossal failure of a mission
After years of lacklustre efforts and loss of life in DRC, there is no replacement for old-fashioned democracy
06 May 2025 - 05:00
By all accounts, the Southern African military mission to the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been a spectacular failure for the Southern African Development Community (Sadc).
The mission’s withdrawal, which begins this month, ends years of losses and heartache for the families of more than 3,000 Sadc soldiers in the eastern part of the DRC...
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