register<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
News Inside Kinshasa\u2019s plan to hire American mercenaries to fight M23 Some of the mercenaries fighting alongside FARDC against M23. In 2023, DR Congo\u2019s authorities sought to hire 2,500 military contractors… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131481,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-45955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","tag-africa"],"yoast_head":"\nInside Kinshasa\u2019s plan to hire American mercenaries to fight M23 - Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Inside Kinshasa\u2019s plan to hire American mercenaries to fight M23 - Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"News Inside Kinshasa\u2019s plan to hire American mercenaries to fight M23 Some of the mercenaries fighting alongside FARDC against M23. In 2023, DR Congo\u2019s authorities sought to hire 2,500 military contractors… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-11T02:24:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/theme_newtimes\/images\/logo1.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Isenberg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Isenberg\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"David Isenberg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b60308e3aa40f89495fde6cf0bded668\"},\"headline\":\"Inside Kinshasa\u2019s plan to hire American mercenaries to fight M23\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-11T02:24:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":636,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newtimes.co.rw\\\/theme_newtimes\\\/images\\\/logo1.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Africa\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\\\/\",\"name\":\"Inside Kinshasa\u2019s plan to hire American mercenaries to fight M23 - Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newtimes.co.rw\\\/theme_newtimes\\\/images\\\/logo1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-11T02:24:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b60308e3aa40f89495fde6cf0bded668\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newtimes.co.rw\\\/theme_newtimes\\\/images\\\/logo1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newtimes.co.rw\\\/theme_newtimes\\\/images\\\/logo1.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Inside Kinshasa\u2019s plan to hire American mercenaries to fight M23\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/\",\"name\":\"Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire\",\"description\":\"Unpacking the Private Military Complex\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b60308e3aa40f89495fde6cf0bded668\",\"name\":\"David Isenberg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0a2e33ccc43220f0bd5c218a05e6495b12a424b99c963810cfe2108faf9f3755?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0a2e33ccc43220f0bd5c218a05e6495b12a424b99c963810cfe2108faf9f3755?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0a2e33ccc43220f0bd5c218a05e6495b12a424b99c963810cfe2108faf9f3755?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"David Isenberg\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iissonline.net\\\/2026\\\/author\\\/worden35\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Inside Kinshasa\u2019s plan to hire American mercenaries to fight M23 - Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Inside Kinshasa\u2019s plan to hire American mercenaries to fight M23 - Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire","og_description":"News Inside Kinshasa\u2019s plan to hire American mercenaries to fight M23 Some of the mercenaries fighting alongside FARDC against M23. In 2023, DR Congo\u2019s authorities sought to hire 2,500 military contractors… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →","og_url":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/","og_site_name":"Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire","article_published_time":"2024-03-11T02:24:07+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/theme_newtimes\/images\/logo1.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"David Isenberg","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"David Isenberg","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/"},"author":{"name":"David Isenberg","@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/#\/schema\/person\/b60308e3aa40f89495fde6cf0bded668"},"headline":"Inside Kinshasa\u2019s plan to hire American mercenaries to fight M23","datePublished":"2024-03-11T02:24:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/"},"wordCount":636,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/theme_newtimes\/images\/logo1.png","keywords":["Africa"],"articleSection":["Africa"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/","url":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/","name":"Inside Kinshasa\u2019s plan to hire American mercenaries to fight M23 - Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/theme_newtimes\/images\/logo1.png","datePublished":"2024-03-11T02:24:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/#\/schema\/person\/b60308e3aa40f89495fde6cf0bded668"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/theme_newtimes\/images\/logo1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/theme_newtimes\/images\/logo1.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/inside-kinshasas-plan-to-hire-american-mercenaries-to-fight-m23\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Inside Kinshasa\u2019s plan to hire American mercenaries to fight M23"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/#website","url":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/","name":"Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire","description":"Unpacking the Private Military Complex","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/#\/schema\/person\/b60308e3aa40f89495fde6cf0bded668","name":"David Isenberg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a2e33ccc43220f0bd5c218a05e6495b12a424b99c963810cfe2108faf9f3755?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a2e33ccc43220f0bd5c218a05e6495b12a424b99c963810cfe2108faf9f3755?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a2e33ccc43220f0bd5c218a05e6495b12a424b99c963810cfe2108faf9f3755?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"David Isenberg"},"url":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/author\/worden35\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phczRl-bXd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}