This determination plus the practical route map the SADC-EAC Summit laid down needs to be applied to whole conflict in all its forms in the eastern DRC, to give the people who live in the two Kivu ...

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 ...

The war in eastern DRC is not about just one issue, it is a deadly mix of ethnic tensions, regional rivalries, resource exploitation, and global interference. Soldiers stand on guard in the Lubero ...

Days after the East African Community (EAC) met over the escalating conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), leaders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC ...

“The situation in Goma is extremely grave and further complicating a humanitarian situation that was already beyond dire,” said Jean Francois Basse, UNICEF DRC’s acting Representative.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

On 6 February, the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) – which includes the M23 rebel group backed by Rwanda – held a rally in Goma, ...

DRC - Rwanda's President Paul Kagame was due to meet his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi in Tanzania on Saturday as regional leaders convene in a bid to defuse the conflict in Democratic ...

Ramaphosa has vowed to continue providing support to the DRC, despite growing calls for the withdrawal of SA troops from the conflict-torn region. The decision comes amid escalating tensions with ...