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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Goma under siege: Will Africa act before it’s too late to save lives?
With tensions rising and the fear of violence casting a heavy shadow over the city, Goma stands as a ghost town, its streets stripped of the energy that once defined it. The hum of daily life has been ...
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Lamola warns attacks on SA soldiers in DRC a potential ‘war crime’ [VIDEO]
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola has met with his Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) counterpart to address the escalating hostilities between the DRC and Rwanda, ...
Can SADC summit silence guns in DRC? President Mnangagwa hosts special summit amid deteriorating situation
The government of Zimbabwe led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the current chairperson of the 16-member Southern African ...
Rwanda insists it is open for talks with South Africa, but the conversations must not be distorted
The government of Republic of Rwanda insists there was no warning given during the two telephonic conversations between ...
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How Congo crisis complicates Raila’s AUC bid as regional tensions boil over
Already the Ruto-led talks started on a wrong footing on Wednesday, January 29 after Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi ...
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Rwanda-backed rebels bed down in Congo's Goma and push south for further gains
Members of the M23 rebel group gather to supervise Congolese potential recruits for the M23 rebel group before being taken to ...
DR Congo's failed gamble on Romanian mercenaries
In June last year, Rwanda's government spokesperson Yolande Makolo hit out about the presence of mercenaries in eastern DR ...
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Congo says it will seek to recover lost territory as Rwanda-backed rebels advance south
Nairobi. As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who seized the city of Goma extended their advance on Wednesday, and ...
Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital
Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...
Rwanda's evolving stature ensures muted global pressure as M23 advances in eastern Congo
In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...
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Congo’s foreign minister describes unstable conditions as rebels seize territory
Parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are under siege by a Rwanda-backed rebel group. The violence has killed UN peacekeepers, overwhelmed hospitals, displaced hundreds of thousands and ...