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

Kagame's comments clearly suggested that he wants South Africa to back off from DR Congo, where its military involvement dates back to the late 1990s. It first joined the UN's peacekeeping mission, ...

Congolese troops with support from Burundi's army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by Rwandan-backed rebels ...

The UN says at least 700 people have been killed in intense fighting in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic ...

There is a fresh tension in the Southern Africa bloc following the sound of war note between South Africa and Rwanda over the ongoing war in DR Congo.

Risk analyst Kingsley Makhubela urges South Africa to focus on rebuilding relations with Rwanda rather than seeking revenge ...

The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.

There has been fierce fighting as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advance towards the second-largest city in eastern Democratic ...

During his address to the East African Community Heads of State extraordinary meeting, Mr Kagame said Mr Ramaphosa was pretending to be a peacekeeper in DRC ...

Harare: The southern African grouping SADC held crisis talks on Friday on the escalating conflict in the eastern DR Congo, ...

We committed to advancing dialogue on eastern DRC and agreed to pursue the spirit of the ceasefire agreement,' says South ...