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Rwanda dumps Central African bloc in dispute with DRC
Rwanda has said it would withdraw from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), underscoring diplomatic tensions in the region over an offensive this year by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 18:10hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Ruto to set terms of reference for DRC mediation panel
Consultations are underway to set a date for a high-level briefing between Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chairperson, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and his East African Community (EAC)...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:06hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Felix Tshisekedi single handedly sold the DRC to Trump
The news that Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi has proposed selling mineral rights to the United States in exchange for military support has left many in disbelief as the...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 09:29hrs | 4181 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to chair high-level SADC meeting
Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders will convene a virtual extraordinary summit on Thursday to address the worsening political and security crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of C...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 16:02hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
DR Congo offers $5m bounties for rebel leaders
The Democratic Republic of Congo government has offered a reward of $5m (£4m) for help arresting three leaders of a rebel group which has seized much of the east of the country this year.Corn...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 10:46hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
Rwanda-backed rebels occupy a 2nd major city in Congo's mineral-rich east
Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said Sunday, as M23 rebels confirmed they were in the city to restore order after it was abandoned ...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 10:56hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
Malawi orders troops to withdraw from DR Congo
Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the military to begin preparing to withdraw from their peacekeeping mission in the volatile eastern Democratic of Congo.The Malawian troops are ...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:59hrs | 1620 | by Staff reporter
South Africa releases names of 14 soldiers killed in DRC
South Africa has released the names of 14 soldiers who died in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), when the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels stormed the city in North Kivu province on Monday....Published: 02 Feb 2025 at 10:36hrs | 1534 | by Staff reporter
Can Mnangagwa steer SADC through the storm?
As Southern African leaders converge in Harare today to address the escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), all eyes are on Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose leader...Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 07:43hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Kagame accuses Ramaphosa of lies
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has lashed out at President Cyril Ramaphosa.He accuses him of lies, deliberate attacks and distorting their conversation on the DRC conflict.Thirteen SAN...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 21:19hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to Chair SADC Extraordinary Summit on DRC Security Crisis
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in his capacity as Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), is set to preside over an Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government in Harare t...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 07:00hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
More South Africa soldiers die as SANDF surrenders to MK23 liberators
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has reported the deaths of four additional soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), bringing the total fatalities to 13 in the past week ami...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 10:00hrs | 3197 | by Staff reporter
SANDF soldier killed in DRC
A South African soldier has died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The South African National Defence Force says he was fatally wounded when a hand grenade exploded at a base in the city...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 08:39hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
2 SANDF captains killed in DRC operation
Two tactical intelligence captains from the SANDF who are part of the Southern Africa regional force (Samidrc) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were killed in a mortar attack on their logisti...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 14:02hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
South African soldiers have not 'surrendered' to M23 rebels in DRC
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has refuted reports claiming that two South African soldiers deployed as part of the Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic R...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 14:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the radar of the new US Africa strategy
The United States foreign relations committee held confirmation hearings for President Joe Biden's Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Rwanda and Niger ambassadorship nominees on Wednesday.The four countries a...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 20:59hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Kabila grateful for Mugabe's support
Democratic Republic of Congo leader President Joseph Kabila has expressed gratitude to President Mugabe and other African leaders for standing by his country to ward off moves by Western countries to ...Published: 15 Jul 2017 at 11:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Over 600 Congolese M23 rebels stuck in Uganda
Kampala - The civilian head of Congo's vanquished M23 rebel movement says hundreds of rebels are stuck in Uganda as they await confirmation of amnesty from Congo's government.Rene Abandi said ...Published: 24 Apr 2014 at 14:37hrs | | by AP
Mugabe lands top AU post
The President Robert Mugabe has been elected 1st Vice Chair of the African Union Bureau, which is the supreme organ of the African Union.The bureau is charged with the task of stirring the ag...Published: 30 Jan 2014 at 14:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
DRC govt, M23 rebels to sign peace deal
Kampala - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the defeated M23 rebels will on Monday sign a peace deal, Uganda said, adding that it will not send the fleeing insurgents back across ...Published: 08 Nov 2013 at 10:25hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe returns from SA summit
The joint Sadc-international conference held in South Africa yesterday on the Great Lakes region has noted with concern the activities of Renamo in Mozambique and called on the group to stop its rebe...Published: 05 Nov 2013 at 09:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to attend SADC, Great Lakes summit in SA
President Robert Mugabe, has left for South Africa where he will join other SADC heads of state and those representing the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region.The summit will br...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 09:58hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
DRC rebels 'M23' in Uganda for talks
Kampala - Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels said on Monday they were waiting for a government delegation to arrive to resume peace talks, in line with an ultimatum set by regional leaders....Published: 09 Sep 2013 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Congo's M23 rebels declare ceasefire
Goma - Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels suspended fighting and withdrew from the frontline on Friday to allow an independent investigation into shelling that hit neighbouring Rwanda, its lead...Published: 30 Aug 2013 at 10:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA soldiers wounded in DRC clash with rebels
Goma - Congolese troops backed by United Nations soldiers suffered heavy casualties over the weekend, a doctor near the front line said, as they fought to push back rebels who remained entrenched Mon...Published: 26 Aug 2013 at 16:51hrs | 10 | by AP
M23 rebels threaten to retake Goma
Bunagana - The Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group warned on Saturday that it would not rule out recapturing the main eastern city of Goma if Kinshasa reneged on its pledge to start direct ...Published: 03 Aug 2013 at 16:48hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
UN sets up 'security zone' in eastern DRC
United Nations - The United Nations said on Thursday it has set up a secure zone around a key eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city after giving rebels an ultimatum to lay down their arms....Published: 02 Aug 2013 at 05:57hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
DRC rebels denounce UN peacekeepers
Kinshasa - The main rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday denounced as an act of war the UN approving to send its first-ever "offensive" peacekeeping brigade to the region....Published: 01 Apr 2013 at 10:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Congolese war crimes suspect 'The Terminator' in ICC prison
The Hague - Congolese war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda, dubbed "The Terminator", was behind bars at the International Criminal Court on Saturday, after turning himself in to face charges ranging from...Published: 23 Mar 2013 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
DRC to sign a peace deal with M23 rebels
Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo's government is due to sign a peace deal on 15 March with the M23 rebels who have been waging an insurgency in the east for the past year, according to a draft ...Published: 11 Mar 2013 at 11:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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