Mercenaries on a mission

Is Félix Tshisekedi privatising the Eastern DRC war against M23?

By Romain Gras, Vincent Duhem

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Posted on August 3, 2023 15:25

© Jean-Pierre Bemba, the defence minister appointed in March, in North Kivu on 12 June 2023. (DRC Ministry of Defence) — Jean-Pierre Bemba, the defence minister appointed in March, in North Kivu on 12 June 2023. (DRC Ministry of Defence)

Two private military companies have been operating alongside the Congolese army in the troubled North Kivu Province for over a year.

Private military company Agemira, run by French businessman Olivier Bazin, is working with a second foreign contractor whose troops are led by a former Romanian soldier, Horatiu Potra.

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