Termination of the SAMIDRC regional peacekeeping mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) earlier this month ...

Meanwhile, MONUSCO, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the DRC, said in a Feb. 24 statement that the reports "remain unverified." The International Committee of the Red Cross in the DRC ...

Southern African Development Community heads of state have announced the withdrawal of their soldiers from the conflict in ...

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

The withdrawal of the SAMIDRC force from the eastern DRC has significant negative ramifications for South Africa and SADC’s standing as a player in African peacekeeping. It leaves the DRC scrambling ...

Joint Standing Committee on Defence backs SADC's decision to end its mission in DRC, emphasising the need for diplomatic ...

Even after agreeing on a ceasefire M23 rebels took over the town of Walikale in North Kivu pouring cold water on Doha deal as not binding to them.

President Cyril Ramaphosa this week said, “The decision to finally withdraw from the eastern DRC by the three ...

DRC officials have not disclosed specific details ... including a United Nations mission (MONUSCO), M23 has managed to seize at least two major towns – Goma and Bukavu – in a lightning advance.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has tabled the 2025 Budget Speech with R5 billion going to the SANDF and it's work in the ...

The continent's peacekeepers are key players in its conflict zones. However, southern African troops are withdrawing from DR Congo, one of the deadliest areas, over fatalities, public opposition and ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, battles are taking place for territory and rare earth minerals such as cobalt.