I would like to comment on two issues raised in your teaser. Firstly, your term, 'rebel soldiers' is an oxymoron. The word soldier refers to that honourable calling or conscript, associated with defending the flag of a sovereign country. A rebel is just that, traitor to the flag, who is concerned with subverting that sovereignty. The two words are mutually exclusive.

 Secondly, your statement about soldiers with rifles and a grievance being a dangerous combination needs the qualification 'in Africa', where mutinies are two-a- penny on this continent. Mutinous soldiers do not have the latitude to apologize, they are shot upon court martial. The overarching foundation of soldiering is military discipline and mutiny is anathema to this principle.