The 14 SANDF members killed in the DRC were reportedly being repatriated on Friday, 8 February, passing through Rwanda, which the South African government had initially opposed.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of today’s violence can be traced back to old problems.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the national flag to be flown at half-mast for a week to honour South African Defence ...

On 6 February, the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) – which includes the M23 rebel group backed by Rwanda – held a rally in Goma, ...

The Luanda Process has not been able to bring tangible results either. The reasons for this failure include bad faith from ...

The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general ...

Approximately six million people have died in the conflict in the eastern D.R.C. since 1996. For decades, numerous armed ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi will take part in a joint summit of Eastern and Southern African ...

Last month, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi made his first trip of 2025 a visit to the African continent, as has been ...

C orneille nangaa sits in an armchair in a five-star-hotel in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) awoke cautiously as urban life tentatively resumed, ...