South Africa, Congo

Critically injured South African soldiers are evacuated from Congo amid rebel offensive
South Africa's armed forces say a group of soldiers critically injured in fighting in eastern Congo a month ago have been evacuated by the United Nations.
Eastern DRC: Injured South African troops en route home via Rwanda
Defeated soldiers from the Southern Africa Development Community’s (SADC) peace mission were seen leaving Goma by road without their equipment or uniforms.
Injured South African peacekeepers return home from conflict-hit DR Congo
M23, one of several armed groups operating in eastern Congo, resurfaced in late 2021 and captured the city of Bukavu last week after seizing Goma in January, leading to the deaths of more than 7,000 people this year, according to Congolese Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka.
SAMIDRC soldiers – including from South Africa – apparently exiting Goma
About 200 wounded and sick soldiers from the Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) are apparently on their way out of Goma in the eastern DRC after weeks of negotiations with M23 rebels.
South Africa Repatriates Over 120 Soldiers From DR Congo
More than 7,000 people have been killed in the fighting since January, DRC Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka said.
DR Congo crisis: SADC soldiers repatriated through Rwanda
A group of close to 200 soldiers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC), who have been fighting in eastern DR Congo, were repatriated after they were given passage through Rwanda on Monday,
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M23 continues massive recruitment drive in Bukavu
The AFC/M23 recruits with complete transparency, rebel spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka, said in a post on X, on Friday, February 28, a day after “a terrorist attack” at a rebel rally in Bukavu, the ...
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DR Congo Crisis - Death Toll From Bukavu Terror Attack Rises to 13, Says M23
According to hospital sources, the death toll from "the terrorist attack" at a rebel rally in eastern DR Congo's city of Bukavu, on Thursday, February 27, has risen to 13 dead and 72 injured, ...
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Hostages or not, SA soldiers “get along” with M23
A letter shared on social media indicates there is contact between South African soldiers seemingly confined to barracks in ...
LIVE: M23 Captures South Kivu’s Capital Bukavu as DR Congo Soldiers Flee | Firstpost Africa
LIVE: M23 Captures South Kivu’s Capital Bukavu as DR Congo Soldiers Flee | Firstpost Africa Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have ...
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East Congo: After taking Bukavu, where next for M23? Uvira
M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, continued their advance through South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... A diplomatic source in the region confirmed this to The Africa Report. However, ...
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M23 Vows Retaliation After Explosives Kill People At Massive Rally in Bukavu
The AFC/M23 rebels on Thursday, February 27, vowed that "this cowardly and barbaric act will not go unpunished" after explosives at a massive rebel rally in Bukavu, the capital of DR Congo's South ...
DR Congo: M23 Rebels Capture South Kivu’s Bukavu as Uganda Threatens Attack | Firstpost Africa |N18G
M23 Rebels Capture South Kivu’s Bukavu as Uganda Threatens Attack | Firstpost Africa | N18G Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have ...
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Violence, Minerals, and the Inevitable in Central Africa
Perhaps more importantly, it contains some of the world’s largest deposits of key minerals, such as cobalt, which is ...