Glory in Africa

With Indian Air Force helicopter gunships kning hundreds of rebels and infantry combat vehicles punching through rebel positions, India's largest-ever deployment of soldiers on foreign soil has taken on a muscular new turn in the heart of Africa.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's internal conflict - whose resolution is a test case of strong global intervention - has led an Indian brigade under the United Nations mission (known by its French acronym MONUC) to rework its peacekeeping strategy from a velvet glove to an iron fist.

The first signs of the changed Indian posture were visible late September in Masisi in the collapsing eastern province of North Kivu, the epicentre of the conflict between rebels and government troops.

To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com