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The new Nigeria defense headquarters, located at the other side of Aso Rock

Too big for maintenance

You need hypersonic missiles for your armed forces, not new headquarters.

RIP

MAN1960:
The new Nigeria defense headquarters, located at the other side of Aso Rock

Is Aso rock like your state house?
Isn't it risky to place the defense HQ within proximity of the HQ of the presidency?
Kill two birds with one stone so to speak.

Rwandan army ‘ready to invade DRC’ and help rebels seize city


Large numbers of troops from Rwanda have been pouring across the border into the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help rebels seize the regional capital of Goma before an emergency UN meeting about the crisis takes place on Monday, intelligence officials have warned.

Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) soldiers are believed to have secretly crossed into the eastern DRC over the past few days to assist a lightning offensive by the M23 militia.

Officials speaking to the Observer on condition of anonymity added that the RDF had cranked up the pressure on the embattled Congolese city by amassing vast numbers of troops on the Rwandan side of the border, a few hundred metres from central Goma. Most of the RDF’s most senior commanders are also said to have been deployed in the Rwandan city of Gisenyi, less than a mile across the border from Goma.

“The Rwandan army is lined up at the border, ready to invade,” said a source who has in-depth knowledge of the RDF and is privy to real-time intelligence.

Fierce skirmishes between M23 advance units and the Congolese army were reported on the outskirts of Goma throughout Saturday. Nine South African peacekeepers were among those killed attempting to defend the city.

The frontline appears to be moving ever close to Goma’s outskirts, with one source saying the fighting was as close as Nzulo, almost within the city limits, having bypassed the vast refugee camps that hold more than a million people displaced by the fighting.

A major offensive by the Rwandan-backed M23 was, however, foiled overnight, Congolese army sources said.

“Goma’s defences are just about holding out, but they [Rwanda] want to take Goma before the UNSC [UN security council],” said a senior intelligence source, requesting anonymity.

The UN security council, whose responsibility is securing international peace and security, is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the unfolding crisis.

When the M23 captured Goma in 2012, its forces rapidly withdrew when Rwanda came under intense international pressure to stop backing the militia. This time, intelligence sources believe, Rwanda wants to take control of the city before the west can summon an effective response.

Such a move will rely on M23 units imminently breaching Goma’s embattled defences, routing the Congolese army and assuming ownership of the sprawling city of more than a million people on the northern shore of Lake Kivu.

Before the recent influx of Rwandan troops into the DRC, UN experts estimated up to 4,000 RDF personnel were already operating inside the Congo.

Sources also warn that Rwanda will not stop at Goma and is also hoping to seize the city of Bukavu, which lies close to the border at the southern tip of Lake Kivu.

The M23 insurgency in the DRC’s mineral-rich east has intensified this year with rebels rapidly seizing control of more territory. Last week they took control of Minova, a key town along one of Goma’s main supply routes. Two days later, they captured Sake, a town 12 miles from Goma and previously the army’s main defensive position against the M23. The developments threaten the supply of food and basic supplies into Goma.

Speaking on Saturday to the Observer, Clémentine de Montjoye of Human Rights Watch said: “The situation in Goma is extremely dire – today we are hearing reports of ongoing fighting on the two axes north and west of the city, as well as water and power shortages in the city.

“Given the huge number of civilians currently seeking shelter in Goma, it is vital that pressure be mounted on all parties to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure such as hospitals, and allow access to vital humanitarian aid.”

Many analysts are critical of the west’s response to the unfolding crisis, particularly its failure to rein in Rwanda’s president and the head of the RDF, Paul Kagame. In particular, the UK, US and France – three of the five permanent members of the UN security council – are accused by critics of being too close to Kagame.

In a statement on Saturday, the EU said: “Rwanda must cease its support for the M23 and withdraw.”

The Rwandan government – which says it does not back the M23 – had not responded by the time of publication.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/25/rwandan-army-ready-to-invade-drc-and-help-rebels-seize-city

The DRC govt has recalled its ambassador from Rwanda and ordered the closure of the Rwandan Embassy in Kinshasa.

Things de happen for Africa o

I used to think Gaddafi was the last person who cared to meddle in other African country's business

Odunayaw:
Things de happen for Africa o

I used to think Gaddafi was the last person who cared to meddle in other African country's business

Nonsense . Africans have always been and still are “meddling” to various degrees in each others businesses.

MAN1960:
Too big for maintenance

Have you seen the pentagon

Exnavyboy62:
Have you seen the pentagon

Is Nigeria the US?

AskiaHarem:
Nonsense . Africans have always been and still are “meddling” to various degrees in each others businesses.

Mention some

Odunayaw:
Things de happen for Africa o

I used to think Gaddafi was the last person who cared to meddle in other African country's business

It's a land grab by Rwanda and for those who have been to DRC, it's actually not a bad thing they are doing as long as civilians will not be expelled

Tinfoil:
It's a land grab by Rwanda and for those who have been to DRC, it's actually not a bad thing they are doing as long as civilians will not be expelled

It is not a bad thing? It will end in tears

MAN1960:
Is Nigeria the US?

Nigeria doesn’t have to be the US before it can maintain its new defence headquarters. If there were no means to facilitate maintenance when needed, the construction won’t be approved in the first place.

MAN1960:
The new Nigeria defense headquarters, located at the other side of Aso Rock

What happened to the existing one?

Lurker4Long:
The DRC govt has recalled its ambassador from Rwanda and ordered the closure of the Rwandan Embassy in Kinshasa.

This should be third time this is happening in about four years.

Odunayaw:
Things de happen for Africa o

I used to think Gaddafi was the last person who cared to meddle in other African country's business

Tribalism is the problem. It is always the root cause of all these conflicts. Kagame and his Tutsi militia masquerading as the Rwandan Defence Force are helping their brothers across the border.

Odunayaw:
It is not a bad thing? It will end in tears

It’s nobody fault that the DRC has chosen to be incompetent, if you can’t manage your house others will gladly do that for you, imagine being bullied by Rwanda, it’s like benin trying to seize Lagos and Nigeria crying for help.

The incompetence at state level on the continent is wild, just look at what kagame is dragging South Africa through, a sub $1000 gdp per capita country dragging the supposed industrial power of the continent through the mud.

Faithful007:
This should be third time this is happening in about four years.

Yes, but they usually just recall their own. First time they've expelled the entire Rwandan embassy.

Odunayaw:
Mention some

Loosely to Completely; post Gaddafi in no particular order.

Algeria-Western Sahara-Morocco
Egypt-Libya
Egypt-Sudan
Egypt-Somalia-Ethiopia
Kenya-Somalia
ECOWAS-Gambia
Rwanda-Congo

Shaytun:
It’s nobody fault that the DRC has chosen to be incompetent, if you can’t manage your house others will gladly do that for you, imagine being bullied by Rwanda, it’s like benin trying to seize Lagos and Nigeria crying for help.

Shaytun:
The incompetence at state level on the continent is wild, just look at what kagame is dragging South Africa through, a sub $1000 gdp per capita country dragging the supposed industrial power of the continent through the mud.

😂

It seems like Goma has fallen .

NTSA:
It seems like Goma has fallen .

Is that a good thing or bad thing for you personally?

AskiaHarem:
Is that a good thing or bad thing for you personally?

I think it's a shame for the AU

AskiaHarem:
Loosely to Completely; post Gaddafi in no particular order.

Algeria-Western Sahara-Morocco
Egypt-Libya
Egypt-Sudan
Egypt-Somalia-Ethiopia
Kenya-Somalia
ECOWAS-Gambia
Rwanda-Congo

Bruh ECOWAS?

NTSA:
It seems like Goma has fallen .

Yeap

NTSA:
I think it's a shame for the AU

To me AU is just a worthless figure-head body !

Lurker4Long:
RIP

When I saw the casualty numbers, I knew Rwandan troops were involved, probably their elite troops.... But on the other side, I know the boys took a dozen times more on the Rwandan/M23 side.

GreenandGold:
When I saw the casualty numbers, I knew Rwandan troops were involved, probably their elite troops.... But on the other side, I know the boys took a dozen times more on the Rwandan/M23 side.

Lessons of Bangui were not learned, or quickly forgotten. Intelligence failure, no air support, inadequate force structure.
It's been clear for a while that Rwandan military was actively involved: SAM systems, radars, guided mortars, ATGMs, GPS jamming and spoofing etc.

Conflagration everywhere on our continent!
RIP.

At least 22 Nigerian soldiers killed as insurgents counter military assault

By Reuters
January 27, 20251:31 PM GMT+2Updated 3 hours ago
ABUJA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - At least 22 soldiers have been killed and several wounded in Nigeria's northeast after insurgents deployed improvised explosive devices and suicide bombers to ward off attacks by the military, the army spokesperson Edward Buba said.

The Nigerian military said late on Sunday that it had launched an assault 10 days ago against insurgents in the northeast and killed over 70 militants including three commanders.

Buba said government forces also shot down drones used by the insurgents.

Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants have mainly operated in Borno state, targeting security forces and civilians in an insurgency that has killed and displaced tens of thousands of people.

On Friday, suspected Islamist insurgents killed at least 20 Nigerian soldiers, including a commanding officer, in an attack on an army base in a remote Borno town, according to security sources and local residents.

An Islamist insurgency has plagued the northeast of Africa's most populous country for 16 years, while kidnapping and banditry are rampant in the northwest and gang and separatist violence is common in the southeast.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-22-nigerian-soldiers-killed-insurgents-counter-military-assault-2025-01-27/