The majority of the people in eastern DRC are Tutsis who have strong ties with other Tutsi groups across the border. Tutsis ...

South Africa should consider withdrawing from the ill-fated peace-keeping mission after the loss of 14 of its soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) conflict. Wars in the Congo ...

South Africa lost 14 soldiers in the eastern DRC conflict in January. Most were part of the SADC mission, but at least two were deployed as part of a separate United Nations peacekeeping mission.

The remainder of the soldiers, who are still in the DRC are scheduled to arrive in South Africa during the course of this week, he added. "The SANDF in coordination with other relevant role-players ...

The SAMIDRC was sent to the region in December 2023 to help the government of the DRC, a SADC member, restore peace and security. But South Africa lost 14 soldiers in the eastern DRC conflict in ...

The Chairpersons welcomed the decision, especially following the death of 14 SANDF soldiers in the DRC and the need to ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing ...

Kabila wrote in an opinion piece in South Africa's Sunday Times newspaper. Since Tshisekedi took over in 2019 after winning the previous year's election, the situation in the DRC had deteriorated ...

Soldiers from Southern Africa, trapped for ... and non-military” in eastern DRC. The withdrawal mandate came more than a month after 18 peacekeeping soldiers were killed by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, ...