9 SANDF soldiers killed in DRC: SA demands action against M23 rebels
SA urges decisive UN action on DRC conflict as M23 rebels escalate violence, killing nine SANDF peacekeepers and displacing 400 000 civilians.
‘Embarrassing option’: Defence union says negotiating with DRC rebels for SANDF exit probably the way out
The SA National Defence Union said a negotiation with rebels in the DRC for a safe exit for members of the SANDF is the probable option.CALLS have been mounting in South Africa for the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) members deployed in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to be withdrawn amid the rising number of casualties piling in the central African nation.
M23 rebels seen in centre of Goma, DRC, despite UN demand for them to leave, witnesses say
M23 vows to defend Tutsi interests, particularly against ethnic Hutu militias such as the FDLR, which was founded by Hutus who fled Rwanda after participating in the 1994 genocide of more than 800 000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
‘No need to worry’: SANDF says troops are safe as DRC rebels claim Goma has fallen
Nine SANDF soldiers were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo last week.THE South African National Defence (SANDF) says its members are safe in their bases, amid widespread reports that M23 rebels have seized the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
DR Congo: Goma's airport evacuated as M23 rebels close in on the city
The international airport in Goma was evacuated and commercial flights temporarily grounded as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces raged around eastern Congo's key city, leaving at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead and displacing thousands of civilians.
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DRC has created a reserve force to fight the M23 – why this may backfire
After nearly three decades of warfare, armed conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seems only to ...
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William Ruto calls for immediate ceasefire in DRC, convenes extraordinary summit to forge way forward
Kenya's President William Ruto has announced an extraordinary meeting of East African heads of states, to deliberate on the ...
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DRC: What to know about the armed conflict in North and South Kivu
In recent weeks, the armed conflict between the M23/AFC and the Congolese army, backed by their allies, has flared up again ...
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MONUSCO operational status raised to counter M23 in eastern DRC as rebels claim Goma
The M23 advance on North Kivu capital Goma, first reported last week, saw the United Nations (UN) mission in Democratic ...
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DA calls for urgent debate to assess if SANDF soldiers in DRC were adequately equipped
The party said it's imperative that parliament urgently debate the issue to ensure that the country's soldiers are never sent ...
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DRC tells UN the Rwanda-backed rebel advance is 'a declaration of war'
She described the move as “a frontal aggression, a declaration of war, which no longer hides itself behind diplomatic ...
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Parliament’s defence committee wants answers on SANDF deaths in battle in the DRC
While expressing sadness at the deaths of nine South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers in a battle in the east ...
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SA calls on international community to assist in DRC conflict
Fighting with M23 rebels left at least 13 peacekeepers and South African soldiers dead after two days of fierce fighting in ...
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DRC and Rwanda withraw diplomats from each other's capitals as M23 rebels close in on Goma
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Rwandan troops to exit the Democratic Republic of Congo and cease aiding M23 rebels nearing Goma. The conflict, escalating in DRC's east, has claimed ...
Defence Minister Angie Motshekga back from DRC, and will brief President Ramaphosa on the situation
Minister Angie Motshekga has returned from her trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where she assessed the situation of ...