Tag: force Intervention Brigade

With seemingly only months before the United Nations (UN) mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ceases operations, its Force Intervention Brigade (FIB)...

Can a revamped Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) turn the tide against the malignant Islamic State-linked armed group that continues to terrorise the eastern Democratic...

A quick reaction force (QRF) is part of South Africa’s contribution to the three-nation Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) deployed in DR Congo as the...

‘The Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) should not be tampered with,’ the Southern African Development Community (SADC) insisted at its annual summit on Monday this...

The days of the South African composite helicopter unit (CHU) as a major contributor to MONUSCO’s Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the Democratic Republic...

A bigger effort will be expected of South African airmen and soldiers in the MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) following a rise in attacks...

The cloud hanging over the future of the SA Air Force (SAAF) composite helicopter unit (CHU) deployed in the Democratic Republic of...

General Solly Shoke, SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief, commended two soldiers for bravery after an "encounter" with rebels in the Democratic...

South Africa is going to take restructuring and possible downsizing of the Democratic Republic of Congo-based Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) up with...

The latest UN Security council report on its single largest peace mission – MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) –...

Newly minted South African brigadier general Patrick Dube has taken over command of the tri nation Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the...

The Force Intervention Brigade (FIB), the sharp end of MONUSCO – the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will spend the latter part of this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) conducting an oversight...

The UN peacekeeper killed in fighting between ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) rebels and MONUSCO's Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) was a Malawian soldier,...

South African soldiers recalled from duty with the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in September have been "administratively...

About 50 South African soldiers have been sent home from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where they were part of the...

South African military expertise has again been requested by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to train FARDC soldiers. It is not a...

South African soldiers stranded in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) thanks to an apparent aviation administrative snarl-up are expected home this...

President Jacob Zuma wearing his SA National Defence Force (SANDF) commander-in-chief hat has committed South Africa to more than R1,4 billion in...

The Security Council passed a resolution renewing the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

South Africa as a troop contributing country to MONUSCO's Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the DRC has re-affirmed its commitment to neutralising...

The second round of disarmament for the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)...

Is the UN's Force Intervention Brigade (FIB), which famously routed the M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last...

The part of South Africa's foreign policy that sees the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) deployed on peacekeeping and peace support missions...

Months of intensive and at times brutal, training, are on hold for 5 SA Infantry Battalion as soldiers kick their heels at...

Some 850 troops from the South African National Defence Force's 5 South African Infantry Battalion underwent jungle warfare training in the Port...

The South African National Defence Force is using Port St Johns as a jungle warfare training facility in preparation for the deployment...

The South African contingent of the MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) has again proven its worth in the DRC with Rooivalk combat...

The success achieved by the UN's first ever peacekeeping force with an offensive mandate looks set to be repeated in the strife-torn...

An absolutely catastrophic situation. This is how Adrian Edwards, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson, described the situation in...

United Nations peacekeeping troops in Democratic Republic of Congo have launched operations against a Rwandan Hutu rebel militia operating along Congo's border...

After the defeat of M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, U.N. peacekeepers are trying to learn more about one...