| Fidha254(m): 2:47pm On Jan 30 |
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| NTSA: 8:50am On Jan 31 |
rugged7:
Is there any particular reason the anglophone countries like Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Uganda & Ghana cannot organize regular military war games and counterinsurgency exchanges between them
I see Kenya has a dedicated simulation area it regularly trains with U.K troops.
What is the drawback?
Inaugural Special Weapon and Tactics (SWAT) challenge for the Eastern Africa Police just concluded at the Counter Terrorism Training Centre (CTTC) Mayange in Bugesera District Rwanda.
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| NTSA: 9:00am On Jan 31 |
NTSA:
Inaugural Special Weapon and Tactics (SWAT) challenge for the Eastern Africa Police just concluded at the Counter Terrorism Training Centre (CTTC) Mayange in Bugesera District Rwanda.
Results
Obstacle Crossing Event
1️⃣ Rwanda (RNP SWAT) – Finished in record time
2️⃣ South Sudan
3️⃣ (Unknown )
4️⃣ Kenya (ERT - ATPU)
5️⃣-9️⃣ Djibouti, Somalia, Tanzania, Seychelles, Uganda (Exact order not provided)
2. Tactical Event (Hostage Rescue)
🏆 1st Place: Kenya (ERT - ATPU) – Completed in a record 72 seconds with no rule violations
3. Assault Event
🥇 1st Place: Rwanda (Men’s Team)
🥈 2nd Place: Kenya (ERT - ATPU)
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| AskiaHarem(m): 7:40pm On Jan 31 |
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President of The United States; D. Trump will stop countries from economically distancing themselves from the US by economically distancing them from the US.
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| Tinfoil: 6:25pm On Feb 01 |
AskiaHarem:
President of The United States; D. Trump will stop countries from economically distancing themselves from the US by economically distancing them from the US.
A massive world wide dollar shortage is on its way. Hopefully people are smart enough to buy dollars right now
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| Lurker4Long: 6:25pm On Feb 02 |
Tinfoil:
A massive world wide dollar shortage is on its way. Hopefully people are smart enough to buy dollars right now
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| GreenandGold: 6:35pm On Feb 03 |
Off-topic
I'm sure Canada wishes they had acquired the Gripen instead
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| AskiaHarem(m): 9:10pm On Feb 03 |
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| Lurker4Long: 9:28pm On Feb 03 |
AskiaHarem:
Them folk coming at the Southes again.  🙃
[url] https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/trump-cut-off-all-future-funding-south-africa-2025-02-02/ [/url]
The bolded is a diplomatic way to say we will not be pushed around for $400 million, however helpful it has been.
President Ramaphosa looks forward to engaging with President Trump over issues of bilateral interest and concern
Monday, 3 February 2025
South Africa is a constitutional democracy that is deeply rooted in the rule of law, justice and equality. The South African Government has not confiscated any land.
The recently adopted Expropriation Act is not a confiscation instrument, but a constitutionally mandated legal process that ensures public access to land in an equitable and just manner as guided by the Constitution. South Africa, like the United States of America and other countries, has always had expropriation laws that balance the need for public usage of land and the protection of rights of property owners.
We look forward to engaging with the Trump istration over our land reform policy and issues of bilateral interest. We are certain that out of those engagements, we will share a better and common understanding over these matters.
The US remains a key strategic political and trade partner for South Africa. With the exception of PEPFAR Aid, which constitutes 17% of South Africa’s HIV/AIDS programme, there is no other funding that is received by South Africa from the United States.
Media enquiries: Vincent Magwenya, Spokesperson to the President – [email protected]
Issued by: The Presidency
Pretoria
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| jl115: 11:12pm On Feb 03 |
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"South African soldiers “fought like heroes” and killed at least 600 M23 rebels during a 24-hour gunfight in Sake, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , where they lost nine of their last week.
This information was revealed to Sunday World by an award-winning a journalist, who witnessed the lethal exchange of fire while researching his book in Sake."
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| Bacteria8: 11:21pm On Feb 03 |
jl115:
"South African soldiers “fought like heroes” and killed at least 600 M23 rebels during a 24-hour gunfight in Sake, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , where they lost nine of their last week.
This information was revealed to Sunday World by an award-winning a journalist, who witnessed the lethal exchange of fire while researching his book in Sake."
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| Lurker4Long: 3:53pm On Feb 04 |
jl115:
"South African soldiers “fought like heroes” and killed at least 600 M23 rebels during a 24-hour gunfight in Sake, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , where they lost nine of their last week.
This information was revealed to Sunday World by an award-winning a journalist, who witnessed the lethal exchange of fire while researching his book in Sake."
How long before those 2 bases run out of supplies?
South African troops on Sunday remained surrounded by hostile forces in their bases in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and were rapidly running out of supplies, with no clear idea emerging of how Pretoria planned to rescue them.
Cargo aircraft were tracked flying from Waterkloof Air Force Base to Lubumbashi in the DRC or neighbouring Burundi at the weekend, sparking speculation that the SANDF was planning to extract its troops that way.
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| Tinfoil: 7:11pm On Feb 04 |
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I think it would be good if all African countries have mandatory basic infantry training for all high school graduates as soon as they exit highschool. Just in case
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| Fidha254(m): 10:53am On Feb 05 |
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| Baller254: 1:10pm On Feb 05 |
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Trump halted funding for Haiti mission till further review
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| Tinfoil: 5:51pm On Feb 05 |
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| jl115: 7:50pm On Feb 05 |
Lurker4Long:
How long before those 2 bases run out of supplies?
Probably when our top brass are done playing golf...
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| NTSA: 7:33pm On Feb 06 |
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A picture is worth 1,000 words
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| AskiaHarem(m): 8:47pm On Feb 06 |
NTSA:
A picture is worth 1,000 words
Terrorist taking over a tent camp. My gosh the insanity!
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| AskiaHarem(m): 8:54pm On Feb 06 |
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Welp guess that’s if for Palestine. Looks like Netanyahu and Trump are about to “finish the job” as they’ve said in the past.
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| Bacteria8: 8:56pm On Feb 06 |
NTSA:
A picture is worth 1,000 words
This doesn't mean anything.
Terrorists can make their tents with whatever materials they lay their hands on. Or take over already made tents and shoot their unholy videos/photo ops
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| GreenandGold: 8:03am On Feb 07 |
NTSA:
A picture is worth 1,000 words
Here's a picture of Al Shabab with KDF equipment. Does that mean the Kenyan DoD sponsored them?
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| NTSA: 8:10am On Feb 07 |
GreenandGold:
Here's a picture of Al Shabab next to the KDF equipment. Does that mean the Kenyan DoD sponsored them?
It depends on how you want to Interpret it. Same case to the above picture(Picture worth 1000 words)
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| NTSA: 8:15am On Feb 07 |
Bacteria8:
This doesn't mean anything.
Terrorists can make their tents with whatever materials they lay their hands on. Or take over already made tents and shoot their unholy videos/photo ops
A picture is worth 1,000 words
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| NTSA: 8:19am On Feb 07 |
Baller254:
Trump halted funding for Haiti mission till further review
"It is true the U.S. contribution to the UN Trust Fund for MSS Haiti is on pause, affecting about $15M in . It is also true that the MSS mission is a priority and a beneficiary of the waiver.
Meanwhile, there are sufficient funds in the UN Trust Fund for Haiti from other countries (approx.. $110M) to continue operations".Kenyas National security advisor Amb. Dr. Monica Juma.
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| NTSA: 8:23am On Feb 07 |
NTSA:
"It is true the U.S. contribution to the UN Trust Fund for MSS Haiti is on pause, affecting about $15M in . It is also true that the MSS mission is a priority and a beneficiary of the waiver.
Meanwhile, there are sufficient funds in the UN Trust Fund for Haiti from other countries (approx.. $110M) to continue operations".Kenyas National security advisor Amb. Dr. Monica Juma.
More police officers deployed yesterday
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| Bacteria8: 8:42am On Feb 07 |
NTSA:
A picture is worth 1,000 words
Yes. But a thousand words doesn't mean "fact".
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| Lurker4Long: 8:54am On Feb 07 |
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| NTSA: 9:41am On Feb 07 |
Bacteria8:
Yes. But a thousand words doesn't mean "fact".
what fact does the initial statement contain?
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| Lurker4Long: 9:53am On Feb 07 |
NTSA:
A picture is worth 1,000 words
According to your interpretation, what does this picture say?
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| Lurker4Long: 1:43pm On Feb 07 |
For all the propaganda in the world, hundreds of fresh graves in military cemeteries are hard to hide from satellites!
Rwandan troops ‘dying in large numbers in DRC’, despite official denials of role
Exclusive: Sources say thousands of RDF killed ing M23 rebels in eastern Congo, intensifying pressure on Kigali
Hundreds of Rwandan troops have been killed during covert operations in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), contradicting claims from Kigali that its soldiers are not involved in the conflict there.
Multiple intelligence, military and diplomatic sources say that “very significant” numbers of soldiers from the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) have died ing an offensive by M23 rebels in DRC.
Satellite imagery of one military cemetery in the Rwandan capital of Kigali indicates at least 600 graves have been dug since the M23 – backed by RDF troops – restarted operations within DRC three years ago.
Two high-ranking intelligence officials with knowledge of the RDF say the true losses sustained by Rwanda probably run into the “thousands”, but pinning down a definitive figure is challenging.
Another senior source says a number of dead Rwandan troops were secretly buried in “mass graves” in DRC when it was impossible to return their bodies across the border.
They say that families were given empty coffins when corpses could not be returned. “Not all soldiers that perished in DRC were able to be repatriated, especially in areas under a lot of fire. Some were buried in mass graves,” they add.
Rwandan casualties are so high that a new wing has been built at Kigali’s military hospital to deal with them. Its mortuary is full, the source says.
Rwanda continues to deny its forces have crossed into DRC. It has repeatedly denied involvement in ing the M23 rebels and has never acknowledged its troops have died in the conflict.
UN experts, however, say the Rwandan army is in “de facto control” of M23 rebels, who last month seized the city of Goma, capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, and control a swathe of DRC equivalent to almost half the size of Rwanda itself.
Revelations concerning Rwanda’s military death toll will intensify pressure on Kigali to come clean about its role in the conflict before a crisis summit attended by the Rwandan and DRC presidents, Paul Kagame and Felix Tshisekedi, respectively, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Saturday.
Diplomatic sources say the true number of Rwandan dead – evidence of sustained frontline involvement – would be acutely damaging for Kagame.
Emmanuel Ngabo, who runs a group in called ARC Urunana Nyarwanda (Rwandan Alliance for Change), says he has received numerous indications from grieving parents that large numbers of Rwandans have been killed.
“There are so many bodies needing to be processed. There is such a queue of families waiting [for burial] that they are only allowed 30 minutes at the graveside.”
Ngabo, not his real name, adds: “The coffins are always closed, either because the soldier is so badly injured or burnt he is unrecognisable, or because there is nobody inside the box.
“We hear that privates are often buried where they fall in Congo: officers are brought back for burial in Kanombe [military cemetery in Kigali].”
Satellite images of Kanombe from August 2021 – before the start of the M23 conflict – and another taken on 15 December 2024, before the rebels seized Goma on 27 January, appear to show a dramatic increase in the number of graves there.
Two areas in particular indicate a proliferation of graves since the conflict began. One, in the cemetery’s north, appears to show about 100 new graves, doubling the number in that part of it.
To the south, at least 500 new graves can be seen. A significant number have probably been dug since the image was taken at the end of last year. Cloud cover, however, thwarted attempts to obtain a more recent image of Kanombe.
Last month marked a bloodier phase of the conflict, with a renewed M23 and RDF push seizing the towns of Minova and Sake, as well as Goma. The UN says the battle for Goma left at least 2,900 people dead.
An intelligence source confirms increased RDF deaths. “We have been receiving increasing reports of casualties in military hospitals and burial sites,” they say.
A military source adds that the capability of the DRC army – and effective use of drones and airpower – would have killed many.
“I’m not surprised to see the increase in graves. When you have aircraft dropping bombs on troops, it claims a lot of lives,” they say.
Although thousands of Rwandan troops are also deployed in Mozambique and Central African Republic, sources say RDF fatalities in those states are “barely a handful”.
UN experts estimated in December that up to 4,000 Rwandan troops were on the ground in DRC but intelligence sources believe the figure is far higher, with possibly more than 7,000 there.
Rwandan families approached by the Guardian for comment on the conflict would not comment on the loss of their children. However, a Rwandan exiled in Europe said they had spoken to two families in the past week who had lost sons in the fighting.
They said that funerals, arranged by the military, were being conducted far more quickly than normal.
“It happens really fast. Family friends don’t get to see the deceased, as is normal in our culture,” they say, adding that the families were not told how their son died, just that it was “on the battlefield”.
Ngabo, who is exiled in , adds: “I’ve published so many funeral notices for Rwandan soldiers killed in Congo.”
Grieving families are angry, he says. “Some were called by their sons, who said: ‘We’re leaving for Congo tomorrow, pray for me.’ Others didn’t even know their sons had been sent to fight in Congo when they got the phone call telling them to go to Kanombe to pick up the body.”
Although Rwanda has been tight-lipped about casualties across its western border, Kagame referenced RDF deaths in his recent end-of-year address, promising families that their “sacrifices shall never be in vain”.
A diplomatic source said his comments indicated the casualty rate was becoming a “very real issue”.
The Rwandan government has been ed for comment.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/07/democratic-republic-congo-drc-paul-kagame-m23-rebels-goma-rwanda-troops-dying-denials
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| GreenandGold: 5:07pm On Feb 07 |
Lurker4Long:
For all the propaganda in the world, hundreds of fresh graves in military cemeteries are hard to hide from satellites!
As I had stated, if Rwandan/M23 managed to kill a dozen South African troops, then the SA troops took hundreds more on the Rwandan/M23 side....
If we really needed to go to war with them, just a single infantry Division, 6 Gripens, 4 Rooivalks and 3 artillery batteries would send Rwanda into the stone age... I mean, their biggest power station is within the range of the the G5 from the border.. They should thank their Rwandan gods, Cyril is a calm man and the South Africans are not interested in far away wars.
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