Supermarket guards, truck drivers and ‘very big mistakes’: the failed role of western mercenaries in the fall of Goma

An investigation into the DRC’s use of hundreds of hired Romanian fighters reveals how a disorganised operation with untrained recruits became a deadly ‘circus’In January, after the two-year siege of the Congolese city of Goma ended with victory for th...

Continue ReadingSupermarket guards, truck drivers and ‘very big mistakes’: the failed role of western mercenaries in the fall of Goma