The human cost of the conflict became painfully clear as it was revealed that fourteen ...

Holomisa  said it was standard practice for a board of inquiry to be established after such incidents, adding that this ...

Deputy Defence Minister Bantu Holomisa has called for a thorough investigation into the ‘incident’ in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that led to the deaths of 14 South African soldiers in late ...

In late January, 14 soldiers of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) lost their lives while fighting M23 ...

Defeated soldiers from the Southern Africa Development Community’s (SADC) peace mission were seen leaving Goma by road ...

Press Release - The DA has written to Minister Angie Motshekga to determine the whereabouts of all South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ...

More than 7,000 people have been killed in the fighting since January, DRC Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka said.

Rwanda-backed M23 fighters have captured swathes of eastern DRC despite military support provided by several countries, including South Africa, to the Congolese army. The wounded troops were part ...

Since the start of the year, the DRC has faced back-to-back losses in North and South Kivu provinces, fueling criticism of the authorities’ military strategy.

The city has come to symbolise the conflict that has torn apart eastern DRC for more than three decades. The M23 has launched additional attacks in South Kivu, and despite talks in Tanzania ...