Government considering interventions to tackle immediate needs along with essential services, Cyril Ramaphosa says in State ...

The group has made dramatic advances in Congo’s North Kivu province since re-emerging as a force in late 2021. It has ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, ...

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

A South African defence expert, Helmoed Heitman, says the Southern African Development Community mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC) is a complete failure and the bloc should negotiate its withdrawal.

The remains of 14 South African soldiers killed in the conflict in eastern DR Congo more than a week ago are due home on ...

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?

Rwanda's leader also threatened to “deal” with any confrontation with South Africa, which has complained that fighting in eastern Congo has left South African peacekeepers dead. In his first ...

President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo will attend an Eastern and Southern African leaders' summit in ...

Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the military to begin preparing to withdraw from their peacekeeping mission in the volatile eastern Democratic of Congo. The Malawian troops are part of ...

South Africa and Rwanda's already fraught diplomatic relations have worsened after President Cyril Ramaphosa accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of killing South African peacekeepers in ...