While the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) scramble toend the fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a war of words between South ...

M23 formed in 2012 when Tutsi soldiers broke away from the Congolese Army saying promises made to them in the 2009 agreement ...

Relations between Rwanda and South Africa have soured as security deteriorates in eastern DR Congo. As the violence escalates, both regional powers seem unable to build bridges - but why?

The hunt for tech-industry minerals in eastern Congo harks from a different age to the products they will become. Filthy ...

Calls to withdraw SA troops from the DRC intensify as experts warn the mission lacks the necessary funding and military backing.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya has dismissed claims that Ramaphosa’s military presence in the DRC ...

This statement did not sit well with the Rwanda President Paul Kagame and his government. SADC has also condemned the M23, which the United Nations has long said is funded by the Rwandan government.

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame on Wednesday night, January 29, told the East African Community (EAC) heads of state that in order to resolve the crisis in eastern Congo, the M23 and the ...

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The conflict has also ignited a fiery exchange between Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, culminating in veiled threats of military action. Kagame’s ...