The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in the mineral-rich eastern DRC in an offensive that has left thousands dead and displaced vast numbers. The group took ...

JOHANNESBURG - Pretoria is preparing to receive the bodies of 14 South African soldiers killed while on a peacekeeping mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The fallen ...

In response, the minister stuck to her guns, proclaiming South Africa's defence force is just one of 16 forces involved in the mission, while trying to justify the resources utilised.

Joan Vassos and Chock Chapple are living their best lives on the road — with no set plans to tie the knot. “We certainly talk about the wedding and we’re gonna get married, but we’re not ...

In 2013, South African forces backed by UN peacekeepers repelled rebels linked to the M23 movement successfully as part of the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the eastern DRC. But perhaps ...

[AFP] A palpable wave of anxiety is sweeping through Kenyan business circles as the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - billed as the region’s last and most lucrative investment ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has told CNN he doesn’t know if his country’s troops are in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where fighting between the M23 armed group and ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the proliferation of criminal youth gangs is at an all-time high. The government has thereby made the death penalty part of its strategy to combat urban ...

This deployment followed approval by the Southern African Development Community in May 2023, in response to the deteriorating security situation in eastern DRC. The South African National Defence ...

South African soldiers deployed in Goma, in the DRC, survive on one meal a day after internet and communications were cut off. Published Jan 31, 2025 | Published Jan 31, 2025 ...

Kagame accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of distorting details of a conversation they had about the recent clashes in eastern DRC. That’s where the South African National Defence Force (SANDF ...

"The ongoing conflict in Eastern DRC, particularly the recent heavy fighting in Goma, was triggered by constant violations of ceasefire by the Congolese Armed Forces in coalition with UN ...