This while a video has been circulating on social media showing South African soldiers waving a white flag. SANDF head of communications, Siphiwe Dlamini, has clarified what is depicted in the video.

EFF MP Carl Niehaus said the meeting on troops in the DRC had been cancelled to shield Angie Motshekga from answering questions from MPs. Parliamentarians are up in arms after an urgent portfolio ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC flag KINSHASA - Both sides in the fighting between the Democratic Republic of Congo's army and a Rwanda-backed militia have likely broken the rules of war by ...

Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city. U.N. officials reported ...

Amnesty International on Tuesday called on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to halt the planned execution of 170 prisoners on death row, urging the DRC to move toward abolishing the death ...

The DRC conflict has hit closer to home, with 13 SANDF members losing their lives at the weekend, in the city of Goma.

DRC accuses Rwanda of backing the rebel group and has cut diplomatic ties with the country. Meanwhile, Kenyan President William Ruto, the current chair of the East African Community, is calling on ...

The South African National Defence Force denied that a video of forces waving a white flag meant that the SANDF forces ...

Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) risks spilling over into a regional war, it is feared, as Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have captured the key city of Goma. The leader of a rebel ...

Several towns that fell to armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been recaptured by government forces, according to the Congolese army. The Armed Forces of the ...

Minister of Defence Angie Motshekga has dismissed claims that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops in the DRC have run out of ammunition and food, amid the ongoing conflict.

The M23 rebels captured Goma City, the biggest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on January 27 after five years of fighting that started at the Bunagana border, which Uganda ...