International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola during a bilateral meeting with the the DRC foreign minister, Therese Kayiwamba, in Pretoria on 27 March 2025. Picture: DIRCO_ZA/X JOHANNESBURG - The ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has provided a sobering update regarding the ongoing precarious situation of South African troops stationed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ramaphosa ...

The ongoing violent conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which keeps escalating, risks spreading to the entire nation and even becoming regional if there is no immediate ...

Walikale has become a strategic junction in the eastern DRC, where a long-running conflict between the army and rebel groups was reignited in December. The town is now a key crossing point towards ...

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders called Wednesday for urgent support for rights defenders in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor ...

Angola announced on Monday it would withdraw from its role as mediator in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between government forces and the M23 rebel group in order to ...

Fresh details have emerged following the attack on two pilots from Uganda in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. In our reporting yesterday, we indicated that the two pilots flying an aeroplane ...

On 13 March, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) announced the termination and phased withdrawal of its military deployment in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This ...

The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reached a critical juncture. It comes after the recent withdrawal of Angola as a key mediator and the emergence of a newly expanded ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing one of the world’s largest displacement and humanitarian crises. Ongoing violence and instability have forced millions to flee their homes ...

M23 rebels staging an offensive in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will withdraw their forces from the town of Walikale, which they took control of this week, in support of ...

The State of Qatar welcomed the statements issued by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Rwanda on their commitment for de-escalation and reducing tensions in the ...