Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- The rebels of the Tutsi M23 backed by the Rwanda Defence Force, RDF on 27 January rolled into Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC eliminating whosoever they found in their path. These included the peacekeepers of United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DRC, MONUSCO and, the Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, SAMIDRC.

One of the first UN Peacekeepers killed was Rodlfo Alverez of the Uruguayan IV Battalion. Peacekeepers of the SAMIDRC attacked by the M23-Rwandan forces came from countries like Malawi and Tanzania. But the country that has sustained the highest loss is South Africa with fourteen of its soldiers killed.

Understandably, the count...