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BL Premium reports that three months since the battle of Goma tipped the balance of control in North Kivu province in favour of M23 rebels, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) and its counterparts from Malawi and Tanzania have finally and quietly started withdrawing from their bases in Goma and Sake in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The three countries’ soldiers are part of the ill-fated SamiDRC (SA Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo) deployed to the area in December 2023 to assist the Congolese government get a grip on the volatile conflict-ridden area where M23 was rapidly gaining ground. The Sadc announced last month it would terminate the poorly prepared, underfunded peacekeeping mission, after 17 SamiDRC soldiers, of whom 14 were South African, died in the three-day battle for Goma. The order to start packing was received just before this past weekend. Rather than move in a single convoy, the force will depart in groupings via Rwanda and Burundi to Chato in northwestern Tanzania. The latter will be the gathering area for the whole force to be repatriated to their respective countries. The first vehicles began the journey of more than 500km on Sunday. “We are leaving with all our equipment, armaments and everything. We are leaving nothing behind,” one soldier said as they were furiously packing and loading on Sunday.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Erika Gibson at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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