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
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 127 soldiers from DR Congo
The South African military on Wednesday completed the evacuation of no fewer than 127 troops from the front lines of the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, four of whom were critically wounded.
S.Africa repatriates more than 120 soldiers from DR Congo
South Africa completed Wednesday the evacuation of 127 troops from the front lines of the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, four of whom were critically wounded, the military said.Twenty-one soldiers returned Tuesday and 106 more on Wednesday,
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.
VOA60 Africa - DRC: M23 rebels continue their advance in South Kivu
M23 rebels have taken control of the strategic Kavumu airport that serves Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, the rebel group and a civil security source said Friday. The rebels also seized the town of Katana.
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,
Wounded South African soldiers return home from DR Congo
By AFPJOHANNESBURG - South African troops seriously wounded in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have returned home for treatment, the military said on Tuesday.M23 fighters have captured swathes of eastern DRC despite military support provided by several countries,
South African troops are dying in the DRC: why they’re there and what’s going wrong
The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.
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 ...
The Washington Post12d
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels occupy a 2nd major city in Congo's mineral-rich east
The M23 are the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups ... Congo’s forces were being supported in Goma by troops from ...
Radio France Internationale11d
DRC: South Kivu governor confirms Congo's M23 rebels are in Bukavu city
"I'm at home, and I can see with my own eyes the M23 entering our town," a local official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons. The governor of South Kivu province ...
DR Congo: Police Switches Allegiance to M23, Tshisekedi Calls for Unity Govt |Firstpost Africa |N18G
Police Switches Allegiance to M23, Tshisekedi Calls for Unity Govt | Firstpost Africa | N18G Hundreds of officers from DR Congo’s police have switched their allegiance to the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.
AllAfrica.com6d
Rwanda: High Time South African Forces Left Eastern DR Congo - M23 Spokesperson
It is high time the South African National Defence Forces' (SANDF) holed up in a UN base camp in DR Congo's North Kivu ...
The New Times on MSN12h
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 ...
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Video: What can stop M23’s advance in Democratic Republic of Congo? | Inside Story
What can stop M23’s advance in Democratic Republic of Congo? | Inside Story In the Democratic Republic of Congo, anxiety is ...