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4 more South African soldiers die in DRC

The Conversation on MSN · 5h

South African troops are dying in the DRC: why they’re there and what’s going wrong

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

BBC on MSN · 1d

South Africa and Rwanda go head-to-head over DR Congo war

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, Monusco, following the end of the racist system of apartheid in 1994.

U.S. News & World Report · 3d

Four More South African Soldiers Killed in Congo, Defence Department Says

Four more South African soldiers have been killed in fighting with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said, taking the number of South African peacekeepers killed to 13 since the conflict escalated last week.

Bloomberg L.P. · 3d

South Africa Congo Death Toll Rises to 13; 4 More Soldiers Die

Four more South African soldiers were killed in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, raising the death toll to 13.

The East African on MSN · 4d

13 foreign soldiers killed in eastern Congo

There has been intensified fighting around Goma, North Kivu's largest city, with

Defence Web6h

UDM adds its voice to calls for more defence funding

With its leader now in the government ranks, as it were, United Democratic Movement (UDM) deputy president Nqabayomzi Kwankwa ...

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Rwanda insists it is open for talks with South Africa, but the conversations must not be distorted

The government of Republic of Rwanda insists there was no warning given during the two telephonic conversations between ...

The South African on MSN1d

South Africans called to rally behind SANDF troops in the DRC

President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed growing speculation about the conditions faced by South African troops deployed in ...

The Observer1d

DRC: Rwanda president Kagame dares South African military

Rwanda President Paul Kagame has warned South Africa that although Rwanda prefers peace, it will, without doubt, respond to ...

Mail & Guardian1d

Civil war raging in DRC becomes a nightmare for South Africa

President Cyril Ramaphosa remains in direct contact with the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and of Rwanda ...

3don MSN

Portfolio committee on defence up in arms over cancellation of sitting

The indefinite postponement of Wednesday’s Portfolio Committee on Defence sitting has left some members of the committee ...

The Herald-Zimbabwe1d

South Africa calls for more efforts to end DRC conflict

Ramaphosa welcomed the United Nations Security Council’s recent position on the situation in the DRC, which calls for an ...

allAfrica.com on MSN2d

South Africa: SANDF Members Killed in Rebel Attack Near Goma Airport

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed the passing away of three of its members following a mortar bomb attack by the M23 rebel militia near Goma Airport in the Democratic ...

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Congo losses expose limit of South Africa's diplomatic ambitions

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

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