Flags are flying half-mast in South Africa as bodies of deceased soldiers are being repatriated, but questions about the ...

A South African defence expert, Helmoed Heitman, says the Southern African Development Community mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC) is a complete failure and the bloc should negotiate its ...

Relations between Rwanda and South Africa have soured as security deteriorates in eastern DR Congo. Kagame, meanwhile, took ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, ...

At least 165 women were raped by male inmates during a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

The soldiers' bodies were due to be repatriated to South Africa on Wednesday. However, the SANDF on Thursday stated that all administrative processes were completed and handed over to the United ...

Rwanda has criticized South Africa's military involvement in eastern DR Congo, accusing Pretoria of fighting on the behalf of ...

The remains of 14 South African soldiers killed in the conflict in eastern DR Congo more than a week ago are due home on ...

Rwanda's leader also threatened to “deal” with any confrontation with South Africa, which has complained that fighting in eastern Congo has left South African peacekeepers dead. In his first ...

South Africa and Rwanda's already fraught diplomatic relations have worsened after President Cyril Ramaphosa accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of killing South African peacekeepers in ...