East Congo rebels abduct at least 130 hospital patients, UN says
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels launching an offensive in east Congo abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals ...
Congo army desertion trials spotlight a force in tatters
Congolese soldiers in a mix of fatigues and street clothes crowded into a chapel last week to stand trial for crimes ...
Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight a Far Smaller Militia
Congo’s army has appeared too weak and dysfunctional to stop a militia that has swept through the eastern part of the country ...
The USS Tripoli, the Navy's newest F-35 'lightning carrier,' is headed to the Indo-Pacific, bolstering US air power near China
The USS Tripoli will replace the USS America as the US's forward-deployed big deck amphibious ship in the Indo-Pacific and it ...