The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide.Numerous armed groups have competed with the central ...

The governments of Rwanda and South Africa must do everything possible to prevent any further escalation. Talks of war should ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...

Parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are under siege by a Rwanda-backed rebel group. The violence has killed UN peacekeepers, overwhelmed hospitals, displaced hundreds of thousands and ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 group is one of about 100 armed factions vying for a foothold in eastern Congo in one of Africa’s ...

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

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The Democratic Republic of  Congo (DRC) continues to face an escalating humanitarian crisis as conflict-driven displacement leaves millions without access to food, clean water, electricity, and basic ...

Parliament has paid tribute to the South African National Defence Force soldiers who lost their lives in the Democratic ...

Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) Dakota Legoete has apologised for the cancellation of a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the situation in the Democratic ...