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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]
A report by MONUSCO confirmed that all parties to the conflict were recruiting girls as child soldiers, and that these children were frequently raped, or used as sex slaves or bush wives by groups such as the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) and Patriotic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (FPLC). [12]
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 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.
Girl soldiers, also referred to as female child soldiers, [1] girls in fighting forces [2] [3] or girls associated with an armed force or armed group (GAAFAG), [4] have been recruited by armed forces and groups in the majority of conflicts in which child soldiers are used. A wide range of rough estimates of their percentage among child soldiers ...
Democratic Republic of Congo: From 1996 the former president Laurent Kabila used children widely for military purposes. [35] During the first and second civil conflicts , all sides involved in the war actively recruited or conscripted child soldiers , known locally as kadogos , a Swahili term meaning "little ones". [ 36 ]
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 .
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