Congolese Armed Forces

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The Congolese Armed Forces are the national military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, responsible for defending the country’s sovereignty and maintaining internal security.

All labels observed (12)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
budgetControlledBy Ministry of Defence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
commanderInChief President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
cooperatesWith United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
engagedInConflict Allied Democratic Forces insurgency ⓘ
Ituri conflict ⓘ
Kivu conflict ⓘ
M23 rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Kivu conflict

Second Congo War ⓘ
facesChallenge armed non-state groups in eastern DRC ⓘ
human rights concerns ⓘ
logistical constraints ⓘ
formationYear 2003 ⓘ
formedFrom Forces Armées Zaïroises ⓘ
garrison Kinshasa ⓘ
hasRankStructure enlisted personnel ⓘ
non-commissioned officers ⓘ
officers ⓘ
headquartersLocation Kinshasa ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
nativeName Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo ⓘ
operatesIn Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
partOf Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
peacekeepingPartner MONUSCO ⓘ
primaryLanguage French ⓘ
recruitment voluntary service ⓘ
recruitmentIssues child soldier use (historical and alleged) ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
responsibleFor defense of territorial integrity ⓘ
protection of national sovereignty ⓘ
support to civil authorities in emergencies ⓘ
role internal security ⓘ
national defense ⓘ
serviceBranch Congolese Air Force ⓘ
Congolese Army ⓘ
Congolese Navy ⓘ
shortName FARDC ⓘ
subordinateTo President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
type land, air, and naval forces ⓘ
usesEquipmentFrom China ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
United States ⓘ

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Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lingala → usedBy → Congolese Armed Forces ⓘ
First Congo War → belligerent → Zairean Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo → oversees → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Rally for Congolese Democracy → opposedTo → Forces Armées Congolaises ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Kivu conflict → involves → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Ituri conflict → mainBelligerent → Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Congolese Armed Forces → shortName → FARDC ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Congolese Armed Forces → nativeName → Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Congolese Armed Forces → serviceBranch → Congolese Army ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Forces Armées Zaïroises → followedBy → Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Marien Ngouabi → militaryBranch → Congolese Army ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Force Publique → replacedBy → Armée Nationale Congolaise ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
M23 → engagedInCombatWith → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
M23 → targets → Congolese state forces ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Allied Democratic Forces → targets → Congolese security forces ⓘ
subject linked to: ADF
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Allied Democratic Forces → hasOpposedBy → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
subject linked to: ADF
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Walikale Territory → hasSecurityPresence → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Walungu Territory → hasSecurityActorPresence → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Allied Democratic Forces → primaryTargets → Congolese security forces ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Allied Democratic Forces → opposedBy → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
National Police of the Democratic Republic of the Congo → cooperatesWith → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
March 23 Movement → opposes → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Mai-Mai Yakutumba → opposes → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Mai-Mai Morgan → opposes → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Mai-Mai Simba → opposes → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Mai-Mai Kata Katanga → opposedBy → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Mai-Mai Sheka → targetOf → Congolese armed forces (FARDC) ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
CNDP → opposedGroup → Congolese national army ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces
Bukavu region → securityProvidedBy → Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
linked to: Congolese Armed Forces