That leaves two companies out on a limb.

(b) Two Botswana companies, and possibly the Botswana contingent headquarters, would be redeployed to Chimoio in the Beira corridor

A third battalion would deploy two companies, one to protect United Nations installations at the Lubumbashi airport while maintaining a brigade reserve with the other company and the battalion headquarters in Lubumbashi.

Until recently, the three sectors were covered by battalions provided by Austria, Canada and the United Kingdom, with each battalion comprising two line companies together with headquarters and first line support.