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Remains of 14 South African soldiers returning home in slow repatriation process
Flags are flying half-mast in South Africa as bodies of deceased soldiers are being repatriated, but questions about 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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Over 150 women raped during Congo prison break, U.N. says
At least 165 women were raped by male inmates during a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
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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Rwanda Accuses South Africa of Helping Tshisekedi 'Kill His Own People', Pursuing Mining Interests in DR Congo
Rwanda has criticized South Africa's military involvement in eastern DR Congo, accusing Pretoria of fighting on the behalf of ...
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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 ...
Anadolu Ajansi10d
M23 rebels in Congo using advanced arms similar to Israeli military: South African former general
M23 rebels fighting the Congolese army in eastern Congo are using advanced weapons and equipment similar to those used by the ...
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Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital
Rwanda's leader also threatened to “deal” with any confrontation with South Africa, which has complained that fighting in eastern Congo has left South African peacekeepers dead. In his first ...
Who's pulling the strings in the DR Congo crisis?
The seizure by M23 rebels of vast tracts of land in the mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered a ...