Troops were immediately confined to a mandatory 21-day Ebola quarantine at De Brug in 'substandard conditions' ...

The troops were deployed as part of a Southern African Development Community force called SAMIDRC. 14 South Africa soldiers were killed in January as M23 rebels pushed towards the East and later the ...

JOHANNESBURG - The first group of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers deployed to war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is set to touch down on home soil on Friday. The ...

A battered and bruised South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has begun its withdrawal from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). During a media briefing on Sunday, Defence Minister ...

Rwanda escorted the troops of a Southern African force through Rwandan territory to Tanzania on Tuesday as they pulled out from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda's foreign minister and army ...

Southern African troops began evacuating the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after the Southern African Development Community (SADC) decided to end its deployment following the deaths of 17 ...

New concerns have arisen over the safety and withdrawal of South African and other southern African troops trapped for nearly three months in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after ...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Monday "firmly" denied any involvement of its Democratic Republic of Congo mission (SAMIDRC) in joint military operations in Congo as claimed by ...

The premature withdrawal of SADC troops reveals deep-seated political problems and military capacity limitations. On 13 March, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) announced the ...

South Africa’s disastrous deployment to the eastern DRC has come to an abrupt and ignominious end, with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa suggesting that an imminent resolution of the conflict ...

The African Union (AU) PSC was modelled on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). While both councils comprise 15 member states, the latter includes permanent seats with veto powers. To address ...