SADC deploys a military mission to the DRC

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has deployed a Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to assist the Congolese government in restoring peace and security in the eastern part of the country. This comes after the recent withdrawal of the United Nations peacekeeping mission after 20 years. The Congolese government has been calling for the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers. It considers the U.N. force to be ineffective in protecting civilians from the armed groups and militias that have plagued the eastern DRC. Numerous armed groups and militias have been active for three decades in the eastern DRC. South Africa will now lead a new military force in the DRC. To talk about the new mission and what awaits it, we're joined virtually by an expert in African security governance and South African military and foreign policy Professor, Thomas Mandrup, who is an Associate Professor with the Royal Danish Defence College and with SIGLA at Stellenbosch University.
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[@EverydaythingsSA]

Its time for sadc to prove themselves and create jobs for the youth

[@ReeceMarshallPersonal]

That’s the government’s job 😂

[@EverydaythingsSA]

@ReeceMarshallPersonal drafting the youth into the Army is part of job creation, which is why there has to be a budget allotment. If the government fails one way then we try the other.

[@Kulmusha]

M22 had been prepared for a 2nd fight with sadc for 10 years Training very hard To become Muhammed Ali And sadc George foreman!! Welcome sadc!!

[@samybala2347]

SADC please dont dissapoint Congolese people like UN (Monusco) and the EAC

[@Dwaynesk]

Sadc probably going there to sabotage their brothers and sisters FoR you know who!!!…. …this world is too much😪😪😪

[@siphomnisi3842]

​@@Dwaynesknot only that. Get ready to hear War grape being prominent in that region

[@InamMaqondose-ny8zf]

This isn’t the first time South Africa has been deployed in the DRC, and thy have been very successful in clamping down on the rebels there,but when the DRC opted out of the SADC and into the East African community we had to leave, now the DRC sees that the East African communities military’s are not capable of defending them the DRC now is crying for our help again, even with considerations to join back into SADC

[@Dwaynesk]

@@siphomnisi3842 it’s SA n a few traitors alone for their mines in Congo owned by ⁉️⁉️ but they tryna hide behind sadc 💯

[@Welzim]

You think SADC will save Congo 😢😢 wake up brother

[@thatosebotsane8017]

I have faith in Mabena.

[@mahlomolamanaka5833]

The mabenas doesn't play ..we assisted Mozambique

[@raydanielz9408]

😮 South Africa has illegal miners there stealing minerals, sadc is equally dirty in the Congo

[@ghosttee6155]

south africa is a comedy hahaha 🤣

[@raydanielz9408]

@@ghosttee6155 I can prove it to you dawg

[@tatekamisa3835]

You don't have to make comments on issues you are ignorant.

[@aviweyantolo5023]

Prove it idiot!

[@Eskomgrow]

This old fart 😂 yasis hou Jou bek stikkak

[@kool2493]

As long as kagame is still in power DRC won't have peace

[@fin2-em2mf]

lies....DRC has no leaders

[@diirestraits4881]

Not just Kagame but his uncle Museveni of Uganda too.

[@niyoncu]

Don't be fouled, the problem is not Kagame , but genocidal ideology in region that is propagated by interahamwe

[@ziontabernaclelusakazambia2132]

​@@niyoncustop lying here we know Kagame very well and Museveni

[@thelight9050]

I would say as long as DRC is leaded by corrupt and idiots, DRC won't have peace

[@Bynoe-z5b]

África 54 needs tô have its headquarters in the DRC.

[@elvismanyumwa2930]

What are the hall mark archivements of the UN's mission in the congo

[@chovuse]

Why No mention that parts of SADC have already about 1900 troops in the failed UN Peacekeeping mission MONUSCO, that's being kicked out of DRC ? South Africa has 1000 troops. Tanzania has 900 troops.

[@ndalisoxozwa3279]

Our wishes of goodwill are with you. You must defeat the rebels the same way we defeat Ed Apartheid.... Please represent us well in Congo, work hand in hand with the government that has invited you, when you feel that you are lost remember the unwritten constitution that has govern our village for the past 2000 years

[@Cakimzionb]

It will not happen again.

[@Dwaynesk]

Sadc probably going there to sabotage their brothers and sisters FoR you know who!!!…. …this world is too much😪😪😪

[@johnkelly3886]

Will this bring us into conflict with Paul Kagame's mining interests?

[@TawedzerwaBvurire]

That old man his rain is over due to dismanagement's region

[@thatosebotsane8017]

He must say if he wants a fight🤷🏿‍♂️

[@niyoncu]

​@@thatosebotsane8017let's wait.Time will tell. I am sure SADEC will make worse the situation in east DRC

[@niyoncu]

​@@TawedzerwaBvurireWho is Kagame to be accused of mismanagement of the region? Is his country an African power or regional power? If SADEC is willing to help, let's advise DRC to negociate with M23

[@thatosebotsane8017]

@@niyoncu actually we solved the problem before, then the west bought the Congolese and took over to loot. Now they want us back.

[@leonzindi5918]

Well done Sadc

[@YT-xk5jl]

Well done for what? They are there for Congo’s minerals

[@Cakimzionb]

For what?

[@akhonazasembo3016]

Cyril got money to fund fights in other countries but cant fight crime at home

[@fadhilkiima30]

It's a partnership. The government of the DRC pays millions to those guys as well.

[@vthomas2313]

😂😂😂😂

[@loloM-sy7xo]

Sa want electricity from Congo so you need first peace in Congo then Inga project to be realise.

[@vicky-j4p7c]

Don't worry about that and we need electricity from Inga dam in Congo

[@simply_ene.2629]

This 🎉

[@jimjones1992]

Uganda and Kenyan soldiers have already been sent back

[@babubinbabu3836]

I'm Congolese to be honest can my president return UGANDA soja back home please please because i don't trust them 😭😭😭😭

[@danielmbwaka7501]

SADC shouldn't come in tourism in DRC, they should combat the rebels

[@DanielNdlovu-nu6op]

But what is the real cause for all this fighting in DRC that can not be resolved. I don't think they need guns but to go to the root cause of the conflict and find a balanced solution. So many lives have been lost already by the barrel but still no solution.

[@dalmonvindusivy8004]

The problem is Tutsi hope to become Congolese citizen and rub Congolese natural wealth, so in order to get that, they are using violence and criminality. But wait, soon or later all that is gonna have end

[@DanielNdlovu-nu6op]

@@dalmonvindusivy8004OH okay, eish that's a big problem but are you telling me that the Congolese government is too weak to fight these rebels or something is cooking behind the seens.

[@nzizajovinpaul4955]

True they must Seat on the négociation table.

[@chapwetumelo9601]

The SADC force should have been led by Angola and not South Africa. If SA leads then the Western World may sympathise more with Rwanda and consequently arm Rwanda more with Western Weapons making it extremely difficult for SADC force to fight Rwanda. So, please, let Angola lead.

[@tloutlou2655]

Angola was there around 1998 t0 2002

[@Dwaynesk]

It’s not sadc but SA which wants to protect their mines in Congo….💯💯💯💯…..but it means the people are winning if they now need to even call SA 🎉

[@siyabongamazibuko7368]

Tell us more.

[@siphomnisi3842]

​@@siyabongamazibuko7368no like straight up he needs to talk.

[@loloM-sy7xo]

Sa not going there for mine but for electricity from Inga.If Congo is in peace then Inga project can going away

[@Dwaynesk]

@@loloM-sy7xo do your research they do have mines in that country

[@siphomnisi3842]

@@Dwaynesk please give sources Bru.

[@avomansouthafrica]

Do we even have a FUNCTIONING military??😅

[@sifisonkonzo356]

Verywell they are the best just they are not exposed to war

[@vthomas2313]

😂😂😂😂

[@alexmu3542]

Thanks SADC for intervening in your members allie, who's Imperialist looting via rebel group

[@unathimichaelmxaku8105]

That serial killer the president of Ruwanda is the main cause supported by the US.

[@martinletsoalo9051]

Every country must solve its problems if UNP failed to help what will South Africa do the expenditure was going to help poor South Africans now Doctors dont have jobs what is the solutions those Congolese they know what they atre fighting for its their resources ?????

[@justafriend3408]

In the long run, it may be cheaper to just get rid of Kagame. He seems to be reorganising the M23 everytime the group has been dismantled just like SADC did back in 2013. Also, this is a guy who has on numerous occasion been accused of stifling opposition including killing opponents even within South Africa as well as arresting and prisoning opposition politicians. His authority in Rwanda itself is probably not legitimate either looking at the way he 'gets ridiculously 97% of votes' whilst opposition are not allowed even to campaign, its crazy

[@aviweyantolo5023]

True. Rwanda needs democracy

[@RubayitaRukaka]

Sadc will do nothing like they are at MZ

[@mikeshamba229]

This guy didn't answer the question: "What's the real problem?"

[@What-Why-When]

Zama Zama or Zuma Zama ? Maybe Rama Zama ? who knows...

[@kool2493]

😂😂😂

[@remezopacifique9883]

😂😂😂Rama Zama u are really funny

[@Nathan41817]

Almost All comments are full of negativity plus a lot of ignorance!! Nothing constructive!! DRC is handling it well with drones.. China, Russia ( BRICS), arms for DRC will probably transit through Durban or CT.

[@IamGodSon]

Tell me more

[@twongreen9968]

@@IamGodSonu on tha internet so u can look up what you need and want to find out

[@hagumaivan1072]

I know the target is M23, They a faced a weak M23 then, I doubt if it will defeat it.

[@InamMaqondose-ny8zf]

But we are the ones that subdued them at first, but when the DRC opted to leave the SADC and join the East African community they see now that their military’s aren’t capable do now the DRC is crying back to us with even considerations to join back into the SADC

[@hagumaivan1072]

Then M23 had 2 factions now it's one! Let's watch, u can't resolve an identity question by war! It can never solved

[@InamMaqondose-ny8zf]

@@hagumaivan1072 no, some time in order to get peace we must go through war

[@twongreen9968]

@@InamMaqondose-ny8zfagreed so many unlearned and soft people these days

[@SAFREEOFDRUGS-ds2ji]

bayofunani labo lapho besahlulwa ukwenza Scurity around Southa African boarders. Cars are stolen everyday to cross boarders

[@angelolwazi8574]

Money

[@antonvrb1510]

"south Africa will now lead" oh dear, more like run to where the money is and grab what you can.

[@Qotha]

Did SADC ask to go there or Congo asked them to come?

[@twongreen9968]

South Africa is with brics so what money actually

[@antonvrb1510]

@@twongreen9968 Diamonds, my friend. A lot of them.

[@antonvrb1510]

@@twongreen9968 Diamonds. Simple as that

[@antonvrb1510]

@@Qotha we are friends, help us and we share the diamons. Africa politics are very simple.

[@bosconizeimana1918]

I thought they were replacing East African forces rather than the UN. 😂

[@cypriantertullian7495]

replacing both.

[@armenbalian-go9yl]

guys itlooks like there acting the african lookstron if they just jail them and shower them and stay in there jails its probley easy for them. i dont know i seen the in busses but they really strong

[@armenbalian-go9yl]

brazilian are the bigger ones brazilian guysbut cant push down at themjust stay up africa forever

[@bifukobaharanyi8820]

The major challenges might come from the neighboring countries of East Africa and especially Rwanda whose armies 's presence qualified as in effective vis-a-vis the M23 were also opposed by the Congolese government. The other fundamental problem which might hinder the the SADC troop to carry out successfully its mission of instauring peace in the North Kivu et Ituri provinces will be indeed the availability of financial ressources necessary for the implementation of their various military operations. This crucial ressource in the case it is not provided by the UNITED Nations will be a powerful bottleneck for the SADC's ability to carry out those stabilization tasks in Eastern Congo

[@armenbalian-go9yl]

your african leader arereall trying to control but africa has 56 countrys it very hard stay overthere all you leadrs in africa whith suites are putting in work.

[@Njoyceberncker]

😳

[@ahmmadmutebi9424]

Congz

[@visionsofhue3451]

We are too political and diplomatic instead of serving the Africans. Always long tutorial, analysis, and very little happening on the ground. We tip toe the imperialist lines with such missions at the expenses of our own people. Kongo will rise and will show you how to solve problems. SADC will never lose for sending troops in Kongo. They will come out wealthy. Let me know when you find out that a mission in this world went to fight at their costs without benefits! SANDF might have internal issues, and going to Kongo is literally making money (hopefully, they will not die). No mission went to Kongo and came out empty handed, poor, miserable...instead they wished the mission will never end because of the milk and honey.

[@Qotha]

And one thing for sure, just by seeing that the analyst is a European you already know that everything he will say will be negative.

[@jalilbabi4161]

You are all stupid if you think SADC can defeat m23 with FARDC 😂. In 2013 m23 decided to withdraw for peace talks at the time there was in fighting between two factions of m23 over goma. Whilst m23 were withdrawing for peace talks they were betrayed and bombed by SADC and munusco and FARDC. now m23 will not fall for that trick again. It’s 2024 and m23 can not be defeated unless they’re in division within the group. If SADC try to go in militarily they will be defeated with ease. Suicide.