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

The Democratic Republic of Congo's defence minister is currently on a state visit South Africa aimed at strengthening "strategic defence capabilities" between the two countries, South Africa's ...

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 ...

“This visit aims to further strengthen and enhance the longstanding bilateral defence relations between South Africa and the DRC,” South Africa’s defence ministry said in a statemen ...

Reports indicate that leaders from the 16-nation SADC have lost at least a dozen soldiers in the eastern DRC since January of this year. Locally, 14 members of the South African Defence Force ...

The visit, due to last until Thursday, comes against the backdrop of an escalating conflict in the mineral-rich east of the DRC, where South African troops deployed with a mission of the Southern ...