Salaam, TanzaniaTanzania BureausDAR-ES-SALAAM, (CAJ News) - SUBPLOTS are brewing for the landmark summit of Africa's East and Southern blocs over the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of ...

A South African defence expert, Helmoed Heitman, says the Southern African Development Community mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC) is a complete failure and the bloc should negotiate its withdrawal.

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.