South African army chief says troops ready for Congo after learning lessons in CAR
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The head of the South African army says soldiers who will join a United Nations military mission in Congo will be adequately prepared even though his overall force is overstretched and underfunded.
Lt. Gen. V.R. Masondo also told media at a breakfast meeting on Thursday that the South African units bound for Congo are being helped in their training by troops who participated in a mission in Central African Republic, where rebels killed 14 South African soldiers in March.
Masondo says the army learned lessons in Central African Republic. He did elaborate.
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The U.N. Security Council has authorized a new "intervention brigade" for Congo with an unprecedented mandate to take offensive military action against rebel groups to help bring peace to the east.