AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF), and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE’s Armed Forces Sheikh ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) June 10, 2013: Logistic problems continue to delay the deployment of the UN’s Intervention Brigade This comes as no surprise Central Africa in general ...

GOMA, DRC — The United Nations Intervention Brigade in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new-style U.N. peacekeeping force with a uniquely robust mandate, has finally started fighting, the DRC ...

With troops assigned to the UN's new offensive unit in the DR Congo arriving in Goma, hopes for a tougher response to the region's non-state armed groups have been raised. Yet while novel, the ...

The UN Security Council has unanimously approved the first-ever “offensive” UN peacekeeping force to fight rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The 3,000-strong UN brigade has a unique mandate ...

The attention of the world has recently been focused on the humanitarian tragedy of the violent conflict being pursued by various armed groups in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the ...

Amman, Jan 26 (Petra) – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Maj. Gen. Yousef Huneiti, reaffirmed that the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Rapid Intervention Brigade receives continuous royal ...

AMMAN — A new women's platoon facility at the headquarters of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Nahyan’s Rapid Intervention Brigade was inaugurated on Monday. Built in partnership with the International ...

The joint letter, dated May 23 and made public last week, asks the secretary-general to call on the 11 African states that signed the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework (PSCF) in Addis Ababa in ...

The UN Security Council has unanimously approved the first-ever “offensive” UN peacekeeping brigade to battle rebels groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The force of more than 2,500 troops ...