South Africa and Rwanda go head-to-head over DR Congo war
Jan 30, 2025 · While South Africa has said its involvement in DR Congo was guided by its need to "contribute to the stability" of a fellow Sadc member, defence analyst Dean Wingrin said the country's economic ...
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key …
Jan 28, 2025 · South Africa’s military confirmed Tuesday that four more South African soldiers deployed in DR Congo as part of the UN peacekeeping mission there had died, only days after nine were killed in ...
DR Congo conflict: At least 700 killed since Sunday, says UN - BBC
Jan 31, 2025 · Sadc has sent peacekeeping troops, primarily from South Africa, to DR Congo to combat armed groups like the M23 and restore peace in the mineral-rich region after decades of unrest.
Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take …
Jan 30, 2025 · Congo is a member of the southern Africa regional bloc and also that of east Africa, whose peacekeeping force it expelled last year after deeming it ineffective. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa blamed the “Rwanda Defense Force militia” for the fighting that has resulted in the deaths of 13 South African peacekeepers in eastern Congo ...
DR Congo conflict: What is the fighting in Goma about? - BBC
Jan 31, 2025 · 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. ... South Africa said 13 of its soldiers had been ...
Congo losses expose limit of South Africa's diplomatic ambitions
Jan 30, 2025 · South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in eastern Congo fighting have exposed an ...
What the UN is doing in DR Congo
2 days ago · A three-week-old girl suffering from mpox in the emergency room at Kavumu Hospital in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (file) ... M23 combatants have killed almost 20 peacekeepers serving with the UN and the South African Development Community (SADC) mission in the country, both mandated to provide combat support for the Congolese ...
Congo Losses Expose Limit of South Africa's Diplomatic Ambitions
Jan 30, 2025 · South Africa's poor showing in the Congo crisis has gone down badly at home. Photos that surfaced showing the heads of South Africa's army and air force playing golf during the crisis this week ...
Democratic Republic of Congo: What's happening and why are …
Jan 26, 2025 · Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo are seeking to advance south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, in an attempt to expand their area of control in the ...
DR Congo and South Africa plan security pact | Africanews
Jul 7, 2023 · Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said on Thursday that he was planning sign a security agreement with South Africa, as militias continue to occupy swathes of turbulent eastern Congo.
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