Defence Minister Angie Motshekga confirms that SANDF reinforcements have been deployed in Lubumbashi, but their mission is unclear.

The M23, backed by Rwanda, has overpowered the poorly trained Congolese army, while Uganda, Burundi and South Africa have ...

Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) that are affected by the persistent problems encountered at the Kasumbalesa border posts between the Democratic Republic of Congo and ...

Rwanda's national carrier RwandAir has been forced to find new routes after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on ...

Kenya’s Jambo Jet and Ethiopian among those whose flights to Goma have been ...

Over 2,000 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops remain trapped in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with ...

Lubumbashi is a city in the mineral-rich Katanga region in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Many people might not have heard of it, but Lubumbashi and its surrounding region have ...

The first large-scale peacekeeping mission, ONUC aimed to help the government in Leopoldville – the former name given to the capital, Kinshasa – to restore order and unity in the country and to ensure ...

KINSHASA - Rioters stormed embassies and started fires in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa on Tuesday, drawing tear gas from police, in an eruption of protests over a Rwandan-backed ...

Congo hostilities fuelled by longstanding grievances. Your smartphone is also a factor In the Congolese capital Kinshasa, 1,600 kilometres west of Goma, protesters attacked a United Nations ...

Hundreds of young Congolese men took to the streets of Kinshasa to express their outrage at the entry of the M23 rebels in the eastern city of Goma. They barricaded roads and attacked the ...