Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

Spread This NewsBy Mary Taruvinga  THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States have pledged support for ...

Africa, often called the cradle of civilisation, is a continent rich in resources, culture, and human capital. Despite its vast wealth, ...

On Jan. 28, the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 captured Goma, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich ...

The AFC/M23 rebel coalition announced late on Monday that it would implement a unilateral ceasefire starting on Tuesday. The ...

“Conflict-related sexual violence has been an appalling feature of armed conflict in eastern DRC for decades ... of camps and subjected the civilian population to forced conscription and ...

on the Government Forces of DRC, the SADC Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC), and the civilian population in various areas of North Kivu.” The SADC leaders further said there was ...

The South African soldiers fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) should abort the mission and return home, according to experts. This follows news that 13 SA National Defence Force ...

South African troops have been in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since December 2023 on a peacekeeping mission. There were initially 13 soldiers who lost their lives in ...

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 ...

It reached new heights in recent weeks as they seized control of large swathes of territory in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ... has been using the local population to transport ...