JOHANNESBURG - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said that the families of the 14 South African peacekeepers who died in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) would not be left ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed South Africa’s commitment to peacekeeping in Africa despite concerns raised by MPs ...

The co-chairpersons of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence Malusi Gigaba and Phiroane Phala stated that the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) as a diplomatic tool to ...

The case, Application 007/2023, was filed by DRC in October 2023, accusing Rwanda of atrocities against its citizens, constituting serious violations of human rights.

In a sombre address, President Cyril Ramaphosa described the deaths of 14 SANDF troops killed in the DRC as a reminder of the ...

UN agency says children as young as 12 are also being enlisted or coerced to join the fighting by armed groups.

More than 88,000 women and girls are at risk of gender-based violence, while unintended pregnancies are expected to rise due ...

The remains were first sent to the United Nations (UN) Logistics Base in Entebbe, Uganda, for “standard pathology procedures” ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) sounds alarm over child crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of (DR) Congo ...

Fourteen SANDF troops were killed when M23 rebels attacked Congolese forces in the city of Goma two weeks ago.

The United Nations estimates that among the DRC’s population of 118 million, nearly one in five —21.2 million individuals— ...

Some of the key issues lined up for discussions include the ongoing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the ...