In response, the minister stuck to her guns, proclaiming South Africa's defence force is just one of 16 forces involved in the mission, while trying to justify the resources utilised.

“Conflict-related sexual violence has been an appalling feature of armed conflict in eastern DRC for decades,” said Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for U.N. human rights chief Volker Tür ...

“The situation in Goma is extremely grave and further complicating a humanitarian situation that was already beyond dire,” said Jean Francois Basse, UNICEF DRC’s acting Representative.

She says this allows states not to accept responsibility for armed conflict and war crimes. Meanwhile, the DRC told the UN the advance of Rwandan forces into its territory is a Declaration of War.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has told CNN he doesn’t know if his country’s troops are in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where fighting between the M23 armed group and ...

The announcement on Monday came shortly after the UN health agency said at least 900 people were killed in last week’s fighting in the DRC's eastern city of Goma between the rebels and Congolese ...

PARLIAMENT is considering setting aside a date for a snap debate on the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following a request by two parties. National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza on ...

In 2013, South African forces backed by UN peacekeepers repelled rebels linked to the M23 movement succesfully as part of the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the eastern DRC. But perhaps above ...

Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner made the claim to the BBC, saying that she believed Rwanda was attempting to orchestrate a regime change in the DRC as international leaders had failed ...

The soldiers were part of the regional Southern African Development Community force in eastern DRC alongside a UN mission. Three Malawian soldiers and one Uruguayan peacekeeper were killed later ...