In late January, 14 soldiers of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) lost their lives while fighting M23 ...

Press Release - The Red Cross Society of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC Red Cross), the International Committee of ...

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers ...

Appointed defence minister in June last year, Angie Motshekga has been accused of not being truthful about the dire situation ...

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

Rwanda has said that nine of its citizens died in the alleged cross-border fire from Goma. At least 17 peacekeepers, including those from South Africa, have also been killed since last week.

M23’s rapid offensive in eastern Congo has rekindled tensions in the already fraught relationship between Rwanda and South Africa.

"If South Africa prefers confrontation, Rwanda will deal with the matter in that context any day," Kagame wrote. Since the fall of Goma, Rwanda has also reacted angrily to calls for restraint from ...

M23 Launches Attack in South Kivu, Threaten to March Towards Bukavu | Firstpost Africa | N18G Rwanda-backed M23 Rebels have ...

The Spanish, French and Luxembourg Red Crosses are also on hand to provide help in Goma and elsewhere in North and South Kivu ... by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 30 (Reuters) - South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft ... Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized Goma, the country's largest eastern city. A force composed of South African ...

As the rebels gained the upper hand in the battlefield by capturing most of Goma - the biggest city in the east - South Africa fired a diplomatic salvo, warning that further attacks on its troops ...