Southern African Development Community heads of state have announced the withdrawal of their soldiers from the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider regional war.

But South Africa lost 14 soldiers in the eastern DRC conflict in January. Most were from the SAMIDRC mission but at least two were deployed as part of a separate United Nations peacekeeping mission.

They spoke in Kinyarwanda and were wearing green uniforms ... think they were M23 soldiers," said the mother, her arms resting on her stomach. Read more Subscribers only DRC war: In rebel-held ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army has appeared too ... Equipment and uniforms abandoned by Congolese soldiers outside a United Nations peacekeeping base in Goma in January.

CAPE TOWN - President Cyril Ramaphosa says the situation for South African soldiers stationed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains precarious. But he says they will only return home ...

The southern African regional bloc decided Thursday to end its military deployment to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where it lost at least a dozen soldiers in conflict there in January.

However, the UPDF has been present in eastern DRC since November 2021, when it launched a joint military operation with the Congolese army against the ADF. On Jan. 31, 2024, shortly after the M23 ...

Deputy Defence Minister Bantu Holomisa has called for a thorough investigation into the ‘incident’ in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that led to the deaths of 14 South African soldiers in late ...