CAPE TOWN - A retired military officer says the United States cannot ignore China’s desire for a naval base in South Africa.

About 200 wounded and sick soldiers from the Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) are apparently on their way out of Goma in the eastern DRC ...

The aftermath of what is colloquially now termed “the Battle of Goma” continues to reverberate in South Africa with Defence ...

Tensions are running dangerously high after an opposition-linked militia overran an army base loyal to President Salva Kiir in South Sudan's Upper Nile state. Regional leaders should urgently press ...

The South African Defence Force, through its Military Skills Development System (MSDS), is offering young South African ...

South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic ... where the South African air force has a base. An employee in Lubumbashi airport told Reuters on Saturday that ...

SOUTH African National Defence Force (SANDF) Lieutenant-General Ntshavheni Maphaha has accused government of running a “Mickey Mouse defence force”. This comes after 14 SANDF soldiers, as part of a ...

At least 46 people have lost their lives, and 10 others have been injured after a Sudanese military plane crashed into a ...

South Sudanese forces have arrested the petroleum minister and several senior military officials allied ... group allied to Machar overran an army base in the country’s northern Upper Nile ...

Large parts of Khartoum have been destroyed in street battles as a conflict between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has left tens of thousands dead and prompted at ...

At a time when Africa is convulsed by various threats and American interests could be at risk, United States influence is in retreat.