M23 rebels fighting the Congolese army in eastern Congo are using advanced weapons and equipment similar to those used by the Israeli army and US special forces, a retired South African army ...

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 withdrawal.

More than 900 people died in fighting for the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week, the United Nations said Monday, as African leaders agreed to meet to discuss the conflict.

The alliance of rebel groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have declared a humanitarian ... acceptable if you want to preserve peace in Africa and in our region," Patrick Muyaya told ...

HARARE - The southern African grouping SADC held crisis talks Friday on the escalating conflict in the eastern DR Congo, with calls for a collective response to the threat to regional security ...

South Africa and Rwanda are embroiled in a spat over the deadly DR Congo conflict South Africa and Rwanda's already fraught diplomatic relations have worsened after President Cyril Ramaphosa ...

Last year, another seven South Africans were killed in eastern DR Congo - making it one of the country's deadliest combat-related tragedies in recent times. South Africa and Rwanda have long had a ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called ...

Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing continues to pose a significant threat to maritime security and marine ecosystems in West Africa, particularly in the Gulf of Guinea, one of the ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Commercial fishing fleets have been playing a key role in trafficking parts of tigers poached in Malaysia, according to research released Wednesday that could help enforcement ...

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