In a sombre address, President Cyril Ramaphosa described the deaths of 14 SANDF troops killed in the DRC as a reminder of 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 ...

President Ramaphosa said that the multinational mission was part of a bigger plan for peace and stability in Africa.

Senior government figures back move for soldiers not to return home despite 14 being killed in combat late last month.

Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) that are affected by the persistent problems encountered at the Kasumbalesa border posts between the Democratic Republic of Congo and ...

President and Commander-in-Chief Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday evening attended the repatriation ceremony of the 14 South ...

The South African National Defence Force confirmed on 27 January that three more soldiers had been killed in fighting near ...

Heads of State and Government from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and East Africa Community (EAC) have ...

The regional force comprises armies from Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and elements of the Congolese army. SADC’s Mutual Defence Pact (2003), which motivated the setting up of the SamiDRC ...

Most of those killed were part of an armed force sent to the eastern DRC in 2023 by the SADC bloc. “A ceasefire is a necessary precondition for peace talks that must include all parties to the ...

Heads of state attending the African Union summit are expected to hold a high-level meeting on the escalation of violence in ...

"The Southern African Development Community (SADC) force in the Democratic Republic of Congo was supposedly deployed to "support [DR Congo] to neutralise negative forces and armed groups in the ...