Congo Rangers

Category: Active Service, Crises, Hippos | Date: Dec 16 2006 | By: admin

I have just heard that the Mai Mai have started to move out of Cyondo following the deployment of the Advance Force into Vitshumbi on Friday and subsequent arrest of one of the Mai Mai poachers.  Information is still a little thin and I will need to follow it up over the next couple of days to get a clearer picture of what exactly is going on.  However I have managed to get a call through to a military intelligence officer based at Vitshumbi who confirmed that over the last 24 hours, the Mai Mai have moved most of their soldiers out of Cyondo and are heading for the military integration camp at Rumangabo.  When I asked the intelligence officer what sparked this off, he said that it was because the ICCN were starting to get serious and the Mai Mai didn’t want to hang around any longer. 

This is a huge success for the Advance Force and goes to really highlight the importance of a well trained law enforcement unit to deter illegal poaching actvities.  The Advance Force will continue to build on this success and increase its presence on the ground at Vitshumbi, until such time as all the Mai Mai have evacuated the area and the Advance Force can go in and dismantle whatever is left of their camp.