Congo-Kinshasa: "Total Success"? the Real Goals of Uganda's Operation Shujaa in DRC

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Congo-Kinshasa: "Total Success"? the Real Goals of Uganda's Operation Shujaa in DRC

[African Arguments] Joint Ugandan-Congolese military exercises may have more to do with securing roads and oil than rooting out rebels.

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