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Vital role: Unifil at work in south Lebanon. Photo: Unifil-Pio

Dangers of killing peacekeepers

Each unaddressed attack undermines the UN’s legitimacy and reinforces perceptions of impotence

M23 leader Bertrand Bisimwa

M23 rebels welcome SANDF departure from Monusco

M23 president Bertrand Bisimwa accused the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo of failing the people of eastern DRC

A UN report says that the Rwanadan army is using missiles in the DRC. (Photo by Cyrile Ndegeya/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Rwanda army using SAM missiles in east DRC: UN report

Kigali denies that it is supporting the rebels in a bid to control vast mineral resources

On guard: Peacekeepers from the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as Monusco, carry out a field training exercise in Sake, a town about 30km from Goma in the eastern part of the DRC. Photo: Glody Murhabazi/AFP

UN force deployed for ‘Operation Springbok’ to save DRC civilians

Clashes broke out again at the start of October after six months of relative calm, pitting rebels against the national army

Endless: In the 1990s the DRC’s Laurent-Désiré Kabila (left) asked Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe (right) for help.  (Odd Andersen/AFP)

In the DRC, an ugly history of war risks repeating itself

East African leaders are mobilising armies to intervene in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Decades ago, Zimbabwean soldiers came to Kinshasa’s aid and learnt harsh…

New life: Former child soldier Joseph Bisole, 27, now combats illegal charcoal production for the World Wildlife Fund. Photo: Alexis Huguet/AFP

DRC’s former child soldiers face tough return to civilian life

Many of the former child combatants are overwhelmed by the horrors they have witnessed in a part of the country that has been ravaged by violence for more than 25 years

We will get through this crisis together. Covid-19 can be defeated in Africa, and we can build back better. (Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg/Getty)

Africa can build back better after Covid-19

The continent’s interconnectedness is what will be its catalyst for recovery

Expectations: Elections were held in the Democratic Republic of Congo on December 30, but release of the results was delayed, raising suspicions of manipulation. (John Wessels/AFP)

Aid fails to solve the DRC crisis

Instead, it masks the paucity of effective government and is not resulting in development

In its statement, the Security Council reiterated the readiness of MONUSCO, the UN peacekeeping mission in DRC, “to provide support if requested.” (Phil More/AFP)

UN hopes Congolese can ‘freely’ vote after delay

Presidential, legislative and provincial elections had been scheduled for Sunday but on Thursday the election commission ordered the postponement

A signs rotates between pictures of presidential candidates Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, former Congolese interior minister (L) and Martin Fayulu, Congolese joint opposition. (Crispin Kyala/Reuters)

DRC: Protesters killed in anti-Kabila protests

The Catholic church had called for rallies around the country despite a government ban on all demonstrations since September 2016

South African soldiers injured in DRC attack

Violence continues in the eastern DRC after an attack from an armed group left three South African soldiers injured.

Heads of state and government at a meeting at the UN headquarters called for a ‘swift conclusion’ to talks being held in Kampala (AFP)

M23 curfew ‘unacceptable’, says UN

The UN has called the M23 rebels’ move of enforcing a curfew in areas in the DRC under their control "completely unacceptable".

Zuma deploys 1 300 SANDF soldiers to DRC at cost of R400m

Zuma has informed Parliament of the deployment of 1 345 SANDF members for service in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

NGOs are calling into question the mandate of UN troops in the DRC.

Concern over future UN intervention brigade in the DRC

Nineteen NGOs have written to UN chief Ban Ki-moon to express concern over a new "robust" brigade to be deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The resurgence of the M23 rebel group and other armed factions has led to increasing threats, forcing conservationists into a desperate fight to protect endangered wildlife while struggling with dwindling support and mounting insecurity.

M23 in the DRC, one year on

The M23 rebellion, the latest of a string of armed insurgencies in the DRC’s North Kivu province, has been active for one year now.

The resurgence of the M23 rebel group and other armed factions has led to increasing threats, forcing conservationists into a desperate fight to protect endangered wildlife while struggling with dwindling support and mounting insecurity.

Will war-torn DRC benefit from the Addis Ababa peace deal?

NGOs have warned that the new plan for the Democratic Republic of Congo fails to tackle the root cause of the country’s conflicts.

Crashed UN plane’s black box found

Investigators have recovered the flight order of a UN plane that crashed near Kinshasa in the DRC on Monday, leaving 32 people dead.