Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

At least 13 of its soldiers, who are part of a SADC peacekeeping mission, have been killed in the conflict pitting ...

Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped by fear as ...

After a lightning offensive, M23 rebels now control Goma, a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Cabinet lekgotla in Pretoria on Wednesday, Defence Minister Angie Motshekga said that ...

Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to counter a swift offensive by ...

A soldier who went missing in action during an aquatic mission in World War II has been accounted for, military officials ...

GISENYI, Rwanda (AP) — Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo's escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: ...

Rebels appear to be edging closer to taking control of the key city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Tanzania and Malawi troops are operating in DRC under SAMIDRC, while Burundian troops are in DRC under a bilateral ...

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

Here are five other news stories making waves in South Africa today: ...