The M23 have lost their last stronghold after Democratic Republic of Congo troops captured the area, which is the rebels’ main base.
A new power deal was one of the main agreements signed during President Jacob Zuma’s state visit to his Congolese counterpart, Joseph Kabila.
Jacob Zuma has reiterated his support for the DRC government, saying the hundreds of soldiers stationed there is testament to SA’s commitment.
If peace is what President Jacob Zuma genuinely wants, then he should pull South African troops from the UN mission in the DRC, say the M23 rebels.
Diplomats have told the UN Security Council that the Democratic Republic of Congo’s troops have taken over most of M23’s previously held positions.
The UN Security Council says it will hold emergency talks after fresh fighting in the east of the DRC killed a peacekeeper.
As the DRC army and M23 rebels clash, Rwanda is asked for help in disarming the insurgents.
Talks between the DRC’s government the M23 have collapsed, with the rebels saying Joseph Kabila’s team is intentionally delaying the process.
As financial troubles plague the World Food Programme, the future of the mouths it feeds in the Democratic Republic of Congo is at threat.
M23 rebels in the DRC have warned that attacks in the eastern part of the country may derail peace talks.
The M23 rebels have written to the UN secretary general saying they are not responsible for the DRC war, adding the UN body Monusco is to blame.
The battalion of 850 soldiers deployed in the war torn DRC is adequately equipped to deliver peace and stability, says the SANDF.
Zuma has informed Parliament of the deployment of 1 345 SANDF members for service in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
About 82 children have been rescued from an armed group in the southeastern DRC and are being reunited with their families.
They have suffered the most in 20 years of killings, rape and displacement.
In the deadliest clashes in months, fighting between troops and rebels in eastern DRC has killed at least 130 people including 10 soldiers.
More than 55 000 refugees from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have arrived in Uganda after fleeing a rebel attack, Red Cross officials said.
A continental defence force dreamed of half a century ago by the founding fathers of independent Africa still exists only on paper.
A startling revelation has been made in Parliament – some of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebels are former trainees of the SANDF.
The dream of harnessing the DRC’s mighty Congo River has moved closer, and South Africa has pledged to buy half of the power it generates.
A contingent of about 100 Tanzanian troops arrived in eastern DRC on Saturday, a first step in assembling the new United Nations intervention brigade.
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An intervention brigade designed to fight armed groups in the restive eastern DRC will be made up of 3 069 troops, the UN has confirmed.
Facing battle together and losing unit members to enemy fire, seems to have had a remarkable unifying effect in a force that has faced deep divisions.
M23 forces have mocked ‘old’ and ‘corrupt’ South African troops ahead of a United Nations deployment.
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South Africa will send troops to the DRC as part of a UN mission to neutralise armed groups in the conflict-torn east of the country.
The UN Security Council has signed off on a new and more aggressive mandate for its mission in the DRC.
The US is working towards giving Bosco Ntaganda, holed up in the country’s embassy in Rwanda, safe passage to the International Criminal Court.
Several hundred fighters from the DRC’s M23 rebel group fled to neighbouring Rwanda on Friday and Saturday after heavy fighting with a rival faction.
Another element of the military and political dynamic aimed at bringing peace to the Great Lakes region was put in place recently.
A UN-mediated peace deal aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been signed by regional leaders.