South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in eastern Congo fighting have exposed an ...

Both Rwanda and South Africa have vital interests in Congo that they both seek to protect, at the risk of a collision course. Kagame's flurry of inflammatory remarks amazed many observers ...

Their rapid offensive has killed around 7,000 people, Congo says. Another group of South African soldiers were due to return home later this week, the SANDF said.

The upshot is a paradox. Under Mr Trump America will do a lot less in Africa than it has done for decades. But African leaders will get more chances to have the ear of the American president.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa blamed the “Rwanda Defense Force militia” for the fighting that has resulted in the deaths of 13 South African peacekeepers in eastern Congo.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's defence minister said there was a need to "relook at" a Southern African mission in Democratic Republic of Congo, where troops from several countries ...

Intra-African trade surged by 12.4 percent to $220.3 billion in 2024, compared with $196.04 billion in 2023, the African Trade Report launched by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has ...

South Africa is believed to have around 3,000 troops deployed in Congo, both as part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission and a Southern African regional force tasked with helping Congo's army combat ...

President Donald Trump misidentified images of victims from the war between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels during a meeting with South African President Cyril ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in eastern Congo ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A group of critically injured South African peacekeepers who were hurt in fighting in eastern Congo a month ago have been evacuated by the United Nations… ...