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There are an estimated 44 Canberrans banned from Russia.

New analysis says major programs often end up costing more than is budgeted for and predicts inflation will impact on defence budgets

Suspected Islamists killed at least 18 people in a village raid in eastern Congo on Sunday night, local sources said, while fighting resumed with the M23 rebel group in a neighbouring province.

The current diplomatic spat seems to have been triggered by fighting between M23 and state forces in eastern DRC.

Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday extended a joint military operation launched late last year against Islamist insurgents in east Congo, the operation's spokesperson said.

A recent upswing in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by rebel group M23 brought out hundreds on the streets of Kinshasa, the capital, on Monday. The protesters blame Rwanda over its alleged support for the rebels, calling for the Rwandan ambassador to be expelled.

Relations have been strained since the mass arrival of Rwandan Hutus in eastern DRC after the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Suspected Islamist militants killed 15 civilians in an attack on a village in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, a human rights group and local official said on Monday.

ADF fighters accused of killing civilians with machetes in DR Congo’s Beni region.

While attention was trained on the federal election, the ADF undertook a mission to rescue a stricken Solomon Islands police boat, as Australia competes with China to remain the island nation's first choice on security.

The ADF, which began as an uprising in Uganda but is based in Congo, pledged allegiance to ISIL (ISIS) in 2019.