The South African Development Community Mission, known as SAMIDRC, was deployed in December 2023 to support the DRC ... Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 19 April 2024 ...

25km north-west of Goma, on 23 January 2025. Picture: Michael Lunanga/AFP While operations to bring back fallen and wounded soldiers were completed in South Africa, the troops left behind are ...

The Rwandan-backed fighters have made big gains in the eastern DRC, seizing the cities of Goma and Bukavu and stoking ... fears of an all-out regional war. Photos: UN warns M23 advances threaten ...

“We’re no longer waiting to see how the diplomatic picture evolves,” said ... It also suggested a plan to secure Goma, Bukavu and surrounding areas, and floated the idea of deploying a joint EAC-SADC ...

GOMA, DRC – A humanitarian and political crisis is brewing in ... believing that she would inevitably be killed by the rebels. Her words paint a chilling picture of the fear and desperation gripping ...

During the summit, regional leaders tasked the Chiefs of Defense Forces with providing technical guidance on resolving the crisis in eastern DRC, where the M23 rebel group has seized control of key ...

Local church sources in Bukavu, a city in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which reportedly fell in the hands of March 23 Movement (M23) rebel forces mid-February have painted a ...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has announced the successful repatriation of critically injured soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to the ... of the M23 ...

The M23 militia is ruling over a vast stretch of territory in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Rwandan support, combined with weaknesses in DRC’s army, enabled the M23 to seize vast amounts of territory in North Kivu ...

More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...