then the Sadc forces did a very poor job in 1998. halafu pia lazima kujua kama Kabila alivamiwa na militia/ rebels au dissidents from the congolese army. the case in ssudan is very different, because dissidents within the south sudanese army are the source of rebellion.
it resembles the 60s case when CIA operations to ouster Ghanian President kwame nkurumah were rife in the continent. waasi kwenye jeshi la Ghana were the easiest option.
its obvious Sudanese govt is able to defend itself from forest rebels. but this is quite unique. So with uganda foot in ssudan, is this a decleration of war??
Geza Ulole
..SADC[zimbabwe,namibia,angola] forces did the best they could do under the circumstances.
..the problem ni kwamba, SADC as an organization was divided with regards to how the situation in DRC was supposed to be handled. Zimbabwe, Namibia,na Angola, walimua kusaidia upande wa Kabila Snr militarily. wakati South Africa, Botswana, and Tanzania, decided to legitimize the rebel groups formed by Uganda and Rwanda by giving them the same status as the Kinshasa government.
..Kama SADC ingekuwa na msimamo wa pamoja wa kukataa uasi, DRC isingekuwa na hali iliyokuwa nayo leo hii. Pia kama Zimbabwe, Angola,na Namibia,wasingeingilia militarily in support of Kinshasa govt' then most likely DRC would have followed Somalis' way, and that is disintegrating into a failed state.
..maoni yangu ni kwamba Kenya should not repeat SADC's [tanzania, south africa, botswana] mistakes because these countries failed DRC big time. The govt in Juba was elected democratically, sasa ni makosa makubwa yeyote yule kujaribu kuiondoa kwa kutumia mtutu wa bunduki.