Congo losses expose limit of South Africa's diplomatic ambitions
1 day ago · South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in eastern Congo fighting have exposed an ...
Congo Losses Expose Limit of South Africa's Diplomatic Ambitions
1 day ago · South Africa's poor showing in the Congo crisis has gone down badly at home. Photos that surfaced showing the heads of South Africa's army and air force playing golf during the crisis this week ...
South Africa and Rwanda go head-to-head over DR Congo war
2 days ago · While South Africa has said its involvement in DR Congo was guided by its need to "contribute to the stability" of a fellow Sadc member, defence analyst Dean Wingrin said the country's economic ...
Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take …
1 day ago · Congo is a member of the southern Africa regional bloc and also that of east Africa, whose peacekeeping force it expelled last year after deeming it ineffective. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa blamed the “Rwanda Defense Force militia” for the fighting that has resulted in the deaths of 13 South African peacekeepers in eastern Congo ...
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key …
3 days ago · South Africa’s military confirmed Tuesday that four more South African soldiers deployed in DR Congo as part of the UN peacekeeping mission there had died, only days after nine were killed in ...
A Conflict in Congo - The New York Times
21 hours ago · South Africa sent troops to fight with a U.N. force alongside the Congolese Army. Around the turn of the century, the Great Lakes region of Africa was at the center of a regional war that raged ...
South Africa warns Rwanda of ‘declaration of war’ after assault in …
1 day ago · South Africa and Rwanda, two of the biggest regional powers, have long had a fraught relationship, including over the alleged assassinations of several Rwandan dissidents on South African ...
DR Congo's M23 rebels vow to overthrow Félix Tshisekedi's ... - BBC
2 days ago · South Africa and Rwanda go head-to-head over DR Congo war The evidence that shows Rwanda is backing rebels in DR Congo "We will continue the march of liberation all the way to Kinshasa," Nangaa added.
DR Congo conflict: What is the fighting in Goma about? - BBC
The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. ... South Africa said 13 of its soldiers had been ...
DR Congo rebels vow to march all the way to capital - BBC
2 days ago · South Africa and Rwanda go head-to-head over DR Congo war The evidence that shows Rwanda is backing rebels in DR Congo "We will continue the march of liberation all the way to Kinshasa," Nangaa added.