South Africa, Other SAMIDRC Troops To Withdraw From Eastern DRC By Tortuous Road Journey Through Rwanda - Global Upfront Newspapers

South Africa, Other SAMIDRC Troops To Withdraw From Eastern DRC By Tortuous Road Journey Through Rwanda - Global Upfront Newspapers

Withdrawal of the terminated Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – to start on as yet unspecified date – will be by road. For the South African troops, the tortuous journey from Goma to their home country by road takes a duration of about 67 hours 18 minutes, about 4,614 kilometres through multiple countries/regions. The road trip arose from discussion of a revised withdrawal plan at a meet…

SAMIDRC troops to withdraw by road through Rwanda - defenceWeb

Withdrawal of the terminated Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – to start on as yet unspecified date – will be by road. This is a point from discussion of a revised withdrawal plan at a meeting last Friday (11 April) attended by chiefs of the three defence forces that contributed troops and equipment to the mission. They are generals Rudzani Maphwanya (SA National Defence Force), Jacob Mk…