The involvement and use of foreign mercenaries in Congo are not new. In the 1960s, mercenaries from Belgium, France, and South Africa battled nationalist movements. They aimed to support pro ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has heavily relied on foreign mercenaries to bolster its military efforts against the M23 rebels, despite the government’s insistence that they were merely ...

It has been a humiliating week for nearly 300 Romanian mercenaries recruited to fight on the side of the army in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their surrender following a rebel assault on the ...

and European mercenaries as further destabilizing factors. Rwamucyo also raised concerns over Kinshasa's increasing militarization, leading to a lawless environment in eastern DR Congo.