Congo losses expose limit of South Africa's diplomatic ambitions
South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...
South Africa: What does Ramaphosa have to win — or lose — in the DRC crisis?
Relations between Rwanda and South Africa have soured as security deteriorates in eastern DR Congo. Kagame, meanwhile, took ...
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SADC mission in DR Congo should withdraw, says South African defence analyst
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 withdrawal.
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South Africa soldiers killed in DR Congo due home on Wednesday
The remains of 14 South African soldiers killed in the conflict in eastern DR Congo more than a week ago are due home on ...
South African troops are dying in the DRC: why they’re there and what’s going wrong
The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.
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Congo's Quest for Peace: Summit of Hope in Tanzania
President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo will attend an Eastern and Southern African leaders' summit in ...
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South Africa and Rwanda go head-to-head over DR Congo war
South Africa and Rwanda's already fraught diplomatic relations have worsened after President Cyril Ramaphosa accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of killing South African peacekeepers in ...
Congo's Tshisekedi to participate in regional summit on eastern Congo conflict, spokesperson says
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi will participate in a joint summit of Eastern and Southern African ...