Fourteen South African soldiers have already died in fighting. The army has now deployed an additional 700 to 800 troops to ...

The fall of Goma and the death of 18 SAMIDRC soldiers (14 of them from SANDF), who were fighting without a cause—did not just send shock waves but also conveyed strong messages. One clear message is ...

Appointed defence minister in June last year, Angie Motshekga has been accused of not being truthful about the dire situation ...

EASTERN Democratic Republic of Congo has appeared calm for a second day after regional powers appealed for a ceasefire amid ...

South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and ...

In a controversial interview, Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie, joked that he would use a crude Afrikaans insult if Rwandan President Paul Kagame confronted him as he did with President Cyril Ramaphosa ...

The ANC and its GNU partners are divided over South Africa’s military involvement in the DRC, as opposition parties call for ...

The party called for investment in local defence manufacturers and said that failure to provide systematic support to the DRC ...

Southern African Development Community (SADC) eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) summit, apart from calling for an ...

SANDF soldiers are being offered a lifeline after a private security firm offered to take a stand alongside the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping troops in Goma.

With a surge in maritime insecurity, and increasing regional tensions, the Pakistan Navy is urging international cooperation ...

Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Corneille Nangaa Yobeluo, the Coordinator of Congo River Alliance-AFC, a coalition of the March ...