17 Sep 2026, South Kivu: a team working for Erik Prince’s Vectus Global was ambushed. A former New Zealand SAS soldier was killed and retired US Green Beret Tim Kennedy wounded; about 20 people were killed or wounded, including at least seven Congolese (Reuters, as reported). One account suggests Rwanda-backed forces tracked the team’s surveillance drone; not established.
Area of operation: South Kivu
Recent (to 3 Nov 2026)
- Sources: The New Times (Kigali) https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/39581/news/africa/dr-congo-ex-new-zealand-special-forcesofficer-killed-in-fighting-asretired-us-green-beret-is-wounded ; Courthouse News / AFP https://www.courthousenews.com/war-and-minerals-erik-prince-and-paramilitaries-in-dr-congo/
Relationships
- Target: Vectus Global
Referenced by
- Vectus Global (Target of)