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Texas investment firm Bridgeway plays humanitarian privateer for the State Department in DRC

Published on 05.07.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 11 minutes

Texan financier and committed Christian John Montgomery devotes part of his investment company Bridgeway's profits to hunting down and forcing surrender on members of the Allied Democratic Forces, an armed group active on the border between the DRC and Uganda aligned to the Islamic State. The campaign is run by a small group of activists who use a range of tactics, including aggressive communication campaigns, private intelligence and paramilitary training, and who align their activities closely to US foreign policy objectives.

In early 2021, a small delegation of executives from the Bridgeway Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bridgeway Capital Management, the Texan company founded by financier and committed Christian John Montgomery, travelled to Goma in eastern DRC. There, it had a long meeting with Scott Fagan, the diplomat responsible for the region at the US embassy

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In Focus | DRC, United States
Texas investment firm Bridgeway plays humanitarian privateer for the State Department in DRC

DRC
Bridgeway Foundation takes fight to ADF with backing from Washington and Kampala

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi to finally take helm of regional security body set up to fight rebel groups

DRC
Miner Central Copper Resources works with Kabila family satellite company

DRC
French delegation set to talk defence and security in Kinshasa

Uganda
After bomb attacks, Museveni reviews his strategy to counter ADF

DRC, Egypt
Egypt's discreet military cooperation in the DRC

China, DRC, United States
How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

Spotlight | Southern Africa
Peace Parks moves for more military management of its transfrontier national parks

DRC
China's Newtech Armor wins equipment contract with DRC army

DRC, France
DGSE and DRC intelligence chiefs bond on sidelines of Macron-Tshisekedi meet

Uganda
Museveni deploys yet more troops to protect Total's oil

DRC, Uganda
Tshisekedi and Museveni struggle to agree on fight against armed groups

DRC
Macron addresses France's unofficial involvement in DRC

Uganda
Museveni tries to protect Total and CNOOC from the "Congolese" threat