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

International Criminal Court prosecutors said on Wednesday they were closely monitoring events in Democratic Republic of ...

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

The remains of 14 South African soldiers killed in the conflict in eastern DR Congo more than a week ago are due home on ...

According to the United Nations, hundreds of women were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in Goma, DR Congo.

As the rebels gained the upper hand in the battlefield by capturing most of Goma - the biggest city in the east - South ...

Four more South African soldiers have been killed in fighting with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the ...

Relations between Rwanda and South Africa have soured as security deteriorates in eastern DR Congo. As the violence escalates, both regional powers seem unable to build bridges - but why?

Rwanda has criticized South Africa's military involvement in eastern DR Congo, accusing Pretoria of fighting on the behalf of Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi while masking economic interests ...

M23 rebels fighting the Congolese army in eastern Congo are using advanced weapons and equipment similar to those used by the ...

The M23 launched a new offensive in DR Congo's South Kivu days before the Rwandan and Congolese presidents are due to attend a crisis summit. Meanwhile the Rwandan Foreign ...

South Africa and Rwanda's already fraught diplomatic relations have worsened after President Cyril Ramaphosa accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of killing South African peacekeepers in ...