The largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... state. It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the ...

But in Africa, its efforts to exert influence have been plagued by missteps over the past decade. In Democratic Republic of Congo this week, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized Goma, the country's ...

The U.S. State Department has ... and Rod Nickel Africacategory Africa's big copper countries set their sights on the profits of trade 2:09 PM UTC Africacategory Congo's army and Burundian allies ...

The leaders of DR Congo and ... The African Union has urged M23 to "lay down arms" but stopped short of naming Rwanda. In a call with Kagame on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio "urged ...

South Africa has troops deployed in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission there, as well as in a separate deployment by the Southern African Development ...

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in eastern Congo fighting ...

South Africa’s military presence in the eastern DR Congo is not a declaration of war against any country or state,’ says President Cyril Ramaphosa M23 rebels gather for large-scale protests as ...

The contrast has to do with the country’s evolving stature both in Africa ... State Department said Rwanda exported more minerals than it mined, citing a U.N. report. And just last month, Congo ...

Congo Losses Expose Limit of South Africa's Diplomatic Ambitions By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on X that he spoke with U.S. Secretary of State ... Africa at the Crisis Group, said that the group has become more emboldened by Rwanda, which feels Congo ...

The defence department said on Tuesday that the SANDF remained committed to its peacekeeping duties in Congo under the U.N.-mandated MONUSCO and Southern African Development Community (SADC) missions.