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Kinshasa receives first batch of three Chinese attack drones

The first CH-4 combat drone system has just been delivered to the DRC by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. [...] (209 words)
Published on 22/05/2023 at 04:40 GMT
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General Emmanuel Kaputa, deputy chief of staff from the East African Community (EAC) regional force, answers journalists during the arrival of Burundian troops at Goma airport in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on 5 March 2023. © Alexis Huguet/AFP
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EAC regional force alarmed by M23 crisis 

During a closed-door meeting, the East African Community's regional force expressed concern about the lack of synergy between the military and political responses to the crisis in eastern DRC. Kinshasa, meanwhile, has made discreet efforts to open channels of communication with the M23 rebels.
CASC Rainbow CH-4, an unmanned aerial vehicle in Zhuhai, China, 8 November 2022. © Miyuki Yoshioka/Yomiuri/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP
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Kinshasa calls on armed Chinese drones and Foreign Legion vet to take on M23 rebels 

The Congolese army is struggling to contain the M23 rebel group. In seeking to reverse the balance of power, Kinshasa has bought military drones from China and hired private Romanian soldiers operating under the command of a French Foreign Legion veteran.

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