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DRC, United States
Military cooperation still minimal despite rapprochement between Kinshasa and Washington

Washington showed its support for the DRC by sending a team of US special forces to the country's national parks, where rebel groups frequently wreak havoc. But effective security cooperation has been slow to materialise. [...]

Published on 16.09.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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