Uruguayan troops stationed in Congo as part of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco) are hoping to be relieved by Feb. 17, it was reported Thursday in Montevideo.

Thousands have been killed and 700,000 displaced this year, after Rwandan troops and M23 rebels invaded eastern Congo.

Termination of the SAMIDRC regional peacekeeping mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) earlier this month ...

Southern African Development Community heads of state have announced the withdrawal of their soldiers from the conflict in ...

A Southern African Development Community (SADC) extraordinary summit on Thursday terminated the mandate of the SADC Mission ...

The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution calling Rwanda to end its support for the M23 rebel group and withdraw troops from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

However, southern African troops are withdrawing from DR Congo ... United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) was underway. In the 2000s, the African Union gave ...

UN troops deploy outside Goma ... The planned withdrawal of the U.N. force, knowns as MONUSCO, has been put on hold. At least three Malawian soldiers were killed in fighting in eastern Congo ...