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Congolese soldiers of the colonial-era Force Publique pictured in 1928. The first organised Congolese troops, known as the Force Publique, were created in 1888 when King Leopold II of Belgium, who held the Congo Free State as his private property, ordered his Secretary of the Interior to create military and police forces for the state. [11]
The Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo (French: Forces armées de la République du Congo), also less formally denoted as the Forces armées congolaises or its acronym FAC, are the military forces of the Republic of the Congo. They consist of the Congolese Army, the Congolese Air Force, the Congolese Marine (Navy) , and the Congolese ...
The UN and foreign military aid missions, the most prominent being EUSEC RD Congo, [56] are attempting to assist the Congolese in rebuilding the armed forces, with major efforts being made in trying to assure regular payment of salaries to armed forces personnel and also in military justice.
The Force Publique (French: [fɔʁs pyblik], "Public Force"; Dutch: Openbare Weermacht) was the military of the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo from 1885 to 1960. It was established after Belgian Army officers travelled to the Free State to found an armed force in the colony on Leopold II of Belgium's orders.
Model Image Origin Type Quantity Details Tanks PT-76 Soviet Union Light tank: 10 [2]: Type 62 China Light tank 30 [2]: T-55 Soviet Union Medium tank: 32 [2]: Type 59 China Main battle tank
The Congo became independent on 30 June 1960, but Belgian Lieutenant General Émile Janssens, commander of the Force Publique (FP) (the army) refused to rapidly "Africanize" the FP officers. Disorder and mutinies quickly followed, four days after the Congo gained independence.
Pages in category "Military history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The March 23 Movement (French: Mouvement du 23 mars), often abbreviated as M23 and also known as the Congolese Revolutionary Army (Armée révolutionnaire du Congo), [9] is a Congolese rebel military group. [10]