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.
Southern African leaders gather in Harare for talks on DRC crisis
SADC leaders converge in Harare for an emergency summit following the deaths of 16 peacekeepers and the capture of Goma by ...
Malema demands withdrawal of SA soldiers in the DRC
In a passionate address, Malema urges President Ramaphosa to bring home SANDF troops from the DRC, highlighting the dangers ...
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Pretoria and Kigali smoke peace pipe after diplomatic fallout
The Southern African Development Community is meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Friday to discuss the crisis in the eastern ...
Rwanda’s evolving stature ensures muted global pressure as M23 advances in eastern Congo
In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...
Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital
Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...
DR Congo rebels vow to march all the way to capital
The rebel leader whose fighters have captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has vowed to continue their offensive all the way to the capital, Kinshasa. Corneille ...
Rwanda-backed M23 pledges to 'march all the way to Kinshasa'
The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 vowed Thursday to "continue the march of liberation" to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of the country.
Congo losses expose limit of South Africa's diplomatic ambitions
South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...
South Africa and Rwanda go head-to-head over DR Congo war
Kagame's comments clearly suggested that he wants South Africa to back off from DR Congo, where its military involvement ...
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Kagame threatens South Africa’s Ramaphosa over DRC intervention
They may be on opposite sides of the Congolese battlefield only by proxy, but Pretoria and Kigali are now trading ...
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DRC: Rwanda‑backed M23 pledges to ‘march all the way to Kinshasa’
Local sources said Kigali-backed fighters were advancing on a new front and had seized two districts in South Kivu province, ...