The positive climate for mined commodities – and battery minerals in particular – is giving the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) great opportunities to leverage its resource wealth. However ...

Bienfait, a father of seven, has been a social worker with a UNICEF partner organization in eastern DRC since 2020, helping to reunite children separated from their families by the ongoing ...

A third group of South African National Defence Force troops is expected to arrive back in the country from the DRC today. YouTube: SABC screenshot SANDF chief Ruzani Maphwanya welcomed a second ...

The price of copper – the DRC’s primary export - plummeted in 2015 and remained at record lows during 2016-17, reducing government revenues, expenditures, and foreign exchange reserves, while ...

READ: First batch of SANDF troops from DRC land in Pretoria. Earlier this year, 14 South African soldiers lost their lives while fighting in the Goma region.

Defence minister welcomes SA soldiers home after deadly DRC mission South African troops have returned from the DRC following a phased withdrawal after deadly clashes with rebels earlier this year.

[WATCH] SA soldiers deployed to DRC back on home soil The first flight carrying 249 SANDF troops from the Southern African Development Community mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

READ: SA troop arrival from DRC delayed "I really want to thank you most sincerely. Kissing the ground, I found it very emotional. As much as you couldn't wait to come home, ...

Two hundred and forty nine SANDF soldiers landed at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria on Friday night. These troops are the first batch of South African soldiers returning from the DRC.

One report said the DRC’s military successfully repelled an M23 offensive against the strategic town of Sake, 20 km from Goma, North Kivu’s provincial capital, on 7 February. M23’s advance on Goma ...

Its work has also been difficult, partly because the DRC considers several EAC countries, particularly Kenya, biased towards Rwanda. These regional tensions, along with pressure on Tshisekedi from the ...