The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in the mineral-rich eastern DRC in an offensive that has left thousands dead and displaced vast numbers. The group took ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to the 14 soldiers who tragically lost their lives in a peacekeeping mission in the DRC.

The SA flag will be flown at half-mast for the next seven days. This is to honour 14 soldiers who died while on a peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ramaphosa and other ...

In response, the minister stuck to her guns, proclaiming South Africa's defence force is just one of 16 forces involved in the mission, while trying to justify the resources utilised.

In 2013, South African forces backed by UN peacekeepers repelled rebels linked to the M23 movement successfully as part of the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the eastern DRC. But perhaps ...

[AFP] A palpable wave of anxiety is sweeping through Kenyan business circles as the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - billed as the region’s last and most lucrative investment ...

A rumor circulating online in early February 2025 claimed U.S. President Donald Trump's administration replaced the standard 50-star U.S. flag with a nine-star flag on government websites.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has told CNN he doesn’t know if his country’s troops are in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where fighting between the M23 armed group and ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the proliferation of criminal youth gangs is at an all-time high. The government has thereby made the death penalty part of its strategy to combat urban ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC flag JOHANNESBURG - The World Food Programme (WFP) said one out of four people across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is currently facing actual hunger.

More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between January 26-30, UN Secretary-General ...