9/9 The move also comes as the West seeks to counter Russian and Chinese influence in the southern African nation, three years after Russian private military firm Wagner withdrew most of its forces in the region following a string of defeats by Islamist militants.
"When I visited Namibia, I spoke in Korean with laborers working at a military base. They said they had come from North Korea, and that they'd been living in Namibia for 3 years,""From the point of view of Africa, there's no real merit in stopping trade with North Korea, as it can provide labor and
InMozambique,it signed a$6million contract to supply surface-to-air missiles, radar & anti-tank armaments.NKoreans worked there ata munitions factory that later explode/InNamibia,it worked ona project tobuild a munitionsplant usingNKlaborers&components.The project began in2010〜discontinued in201
NKsupplied Sudan with sophisticated air-to-ground missiles that use satellite guidance systems.2deals valued at$6.4million were made through a front company in2013.Pyongyang’s main military contractor,〜Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID), has designated entity byUN since2009/