SAMIDRC troops return to their respective nations

JOHANNESBURG - Two batches of South African soldiers have now returned home after a long withdrawal route from the DRC.

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The troops were deployed as part of a Southern African Development Community force called SAMIDRC.

14 South Africa soldiers were killed in January as M23 rebels pushed towards the East and later the mission was aborted.

Since the end of April troops have been withdrawing from the DRC using trucks to travel overland and they’ve now flown in from Tanzania.

The Director of Defence Review, Darren Olivier discussed this with eNCA.

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