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.

Analysis - As M23 continues its destructive march, the EAC-SADC summit must consider lessons from failed peace efforts.

The ongoing conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recently saw a major escalation of violence when the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group reportedly seized Goma – the largest ...

United Nations and army officials say fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo has left at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign ...

Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the military to begin preparing to withdraw from their peacekeeping mission ...

They may be on opposite sides of the Congolese battlefield only by proxy, but Pretoria and Kigali are now trading ...

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

With M23 rebels attacking the town of Sake and threatening Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province, United Nations ...

President Ramaphosa reaffirmed South Africa’s unwavering support for the peace process and urged SADC member states to remain ...

Congo has severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces rages around the key eastern city of Goma ...

South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has called on Rwanda to halt its support ...