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'Ramaphosa must be held fully responsible for SANDF deaths'
Since their deployment in February this year, six SANDF soldiers have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).The most recent tragedy occurred on Tuesday when two soldiers were k...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 12:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zambia convenes extraordinary meeting of the SADC Ministerial Committee of the Organ
The Government of the Republic of Zambia as Chair of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation convened the Extraordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Committee of the Organ (EO MCO) ...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 10:32hrs | | by Zambia
20 Zimbabwean officers have died on UN duty
THE United Nations (UN) has commended Zimbabwe's contribution to peacekeeping missions across the world, saying the southern African country's officers have made "a real difference wherever they have ...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 18:59hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
SADC to deploy in Mozambique
SADC will urgently resuscitate and capacitate its Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in order to facilitate deployment in Mozambique, which is presently under siege from insurgents that claim to be affi...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff repporter
Sadc plots Mozambique rescue mission
SADC yesterday undertook to work on a robust regional response to the growing threat of terrorism and insurgency in parts of Mozambique, which it will put in action once finalised. This came o...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Botswana for Troika meeting
President Mnangagwa arrived here this morning where he is attending an extraordinary SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation Heads of State Summit to discuss emerging peace and securi...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man kidnapped in DRC
A Zimbabwean man is suspected to have been kidnapped together with two Congolese nationals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last week.The three worked for a private company - UN-MASS ...Published: 26 Apr 2015 at 09:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Letter to UN Secretary-General from RPP
Our Ref: RPP/UNSG-01/21J15/0012/J2015/JK/BM-DRC/FDLR-DA/DRC-1UN Secretary General, the Hon. Ban Ki-moon United Nations Headquarters 405 East...Published: 22 Jan 2015 at 05:53hrs | | by Rwanda People's Party
'Sadc will use force against any armed rebellion'
THE Southern African Development Committee will not hesitate to use force against any armed rebellion bent on destabilising any of its member states, the director of the bloc's Organ on Politics, Defe...Published: 16 Aug 2014 at 15:04hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Lightning strike arms depot, scores dead
The DR Congo city of Mbuji-Mayi "was ravaged with more than 20 dead" and about 50 wounded following a lightning strike at an arms depot.An explosion at an arms depot in the central Democratic ...Published: 26 Jan 2014 at 08:08hrs | | by AAP
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
UN chief teams up with World Bank leader to resolve conflict and fight poverty in Congo
As the United Nations intervention brigade takes up positions to confront armed rebels in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, expectations are high among some Congolese ...Published: 21 Aug 2013 at 16:04hrs | | by Masimba Tafirenyika
Intervention brigade: End game in the Congo? - UN peacekeeping task enters a new phase
To the outsider at least, the immediate problem with the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - a perennial vortex of instability, massive human rights violations and wars bot...Published: 21 Aug 2013 at 16:05hrs | | by Lansana Gberie
Hostility between the DRC and Rwanda
The conflict between Rwanda and the DR Congo has become too complex, too complicated and ever- escalating to be resolved by member states and international community. Shifting blames on basis of ethni...Published: 05 Aug 2013 at 20:33hrs | | by Louis Gakumba
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 | | by Staff Reporter
'As Fighting in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Casts'grave Shadow', Regional Leaders Must Look Beyond Divisions - UN
As Fighting in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Casts'grave Shadow', Regional Leaders Must Look Beyond Divisions, Define Common Agenda, Says Secretary-General...Published: 26 Jul 2013 at 07:41hrs | | by APO
For UN Peacekeepers, new means for changing times
The history of United Nations peacekeeping is one of innovation and adaptation. Until some twenty years ago, UN peacekeeping seemed a more straightforward affair. Blue Helmets were deployed to mon...Published: 29 May 2013 at 12:33hrs | | by Hervé Ladsous
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
DRC given ultimatum on rape investigations or face losing UN support
The United Nations has given an ultimatum to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to investigate 126 cases of rape allegedly committed by the Congolese army or forsake UN support for the stabil...Published: 29 Mar 2013 at 04:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Obama Administration Accomplishments in Sub-Saharan Africa
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ - Fact Sheet: Obama Administration Accomplishments in Sub-Saharan Africa"I see Africa as a fundamental part of our interconnecte...Published: 15 Jun 2012 at 04:51hrs | 1 | by APO
Rwanda accused of training DRC rebels
DRC - A group of defectors fighting for the M23 rebel movement against the Congolese army say that they were recruited and trained in neighbouring Rwanda against their will.The revelations com...Published: 03 Jun 2012 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
DRC president's chief adviser killed in a plane crash
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila's chief adviser was killed and his finance minister seriously injured in an airplane crash near the eastern town of Bukavu on Sunday, officials sa...Published: 13 Feb 2012 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
U.S. Policy Toward Post-Election Democratic Republic of the Congo
TestimonyDaniel BaerDeputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and LaborTestimony Before the House Subcommittee on Africa,...Published: 03 Feb 2012 at 10:58hrs | | by APO
DRC evacuates victims of Shabunda attacks
KINSHASA - MONUSCO strongly condemns the attacks on civilians by armed groups in several remote villages in Shabunda territory of Sout...Published: 11 Jan 2012 at 04:51hrs | | by APO
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