Supermarket Guards, Truck Drivers And Very Big Mistakes: The Failed Role Of Western Mercenaries In The Fall Of Goma

An investigation into the DRCs 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 the M23 rebels and Rwandan troops, an ill-assorted group of nearly 300 white mercenaries were lined up to have their humiliating defeat televised. You must not joke with us, barked Willy Ngoma, the M23s military spokesperson, at one man hed ordered to sit on the ground with his hands clasped behind his head.