The New Times on MSN7h
M23 commander who took part in seizure of Goma links FDLR to MONUSCO
Our tour of Goma airport earlier this week took much longer than I had anticipated. There was simply too much to see, too much dangerous stuff on the tarmac and other sections to navigate, and too ...
Malawi president orders troops to withdraw from DR Congo
Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the military to begin preparing to withdraw from their peacekeeping mission ...
News2412d
Rwanda 'welcomes the proposed joint summit' on DRC, as Tanzania announces 2 soldiers' deaths
Soldiers from SA, Malawi and Tanzania have been killed in the fighting ... three Malawians and a Uruguayan national serving with either the UN peacekeeping force MONUSCO or with SAMIDRC have died in ...
Congo authorities block access to Goma airport as rebels advance, sources say
(Reuters) -Congolese authorities have blocked access to the airport in Goma, a provincial capital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and cancelled flights as Rwandan-backed rebels advance on the ...
Daily Monitor13d
South African troops are dying in DRC: Here’s what’s going wrong
Monusco forces are still present in the DRC ... The SADC mission in the DRC was authorised to have 5,000 troops from Malawi, South Africa and Tanzania. The actual deployment has fallen far ...
South African troops are dying in the DRC: why they’re there and what’s going wrong
The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.
Anadolu Ajansi19d
Death toll for peacekeeping soldiers in Congo climbs to 13
The number includes nine South African soldiers and others from Malawi and Uruguay deployed ... regional force or under the UN mission in Congo (MONUSCO). South Africa’s National Defense Force ...
The Irish Times19d
Congo authorities block access to Goma airport as rebels advance
Malawi and Uruguay said four of their troops, who were members of the UN peacekeeping mission Monusco, were killed in clashes, bringing the death toll among UN peacekeepers to 13. The UN in Malawi ...
Independent Online16d
Chief of SANDF, General Rudzani Maphwanya says M23 suffered huge casualties during fierce fight in DRC
Malawi and Tanzania, as well members of the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) brigade. We honour all the lives that were lost and pass our condolences to their families ...
The Jamaica Observer21d
Six peacekeepers killed as fighting rages in DR Congo
An AFP reporter saw a burned-out, smoking armoured vehicle of the UN peacekeeping force MONUSCO on the road between ... killed and a further three from Malawi also died, according to a military ...
Independent Online17d
President Cyril Ramaphosa mourns loss of 13 soldiers, reaffirms South Africa’s commitment to peace in DRC
He also extended his condolences to the families of other SAMIDRC peacekeepers from Malawi and Tanzania, as well as members of the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO ...
Barron's21d
Emergency UN Meeting To Convene As Deadly Fighting Escalates In DR Congo
On Saturday, three countries -- South Africa, Malawi and Uruguay -- announced the deaths of some ... An AFP reporter saw a burned-out, smoking armoured vehicle of the UN peacekeeping force MONUSCO on ...