TANZANIA and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening port infrastructure to stimulate economic activities and enhance cross-border ...

ADF aligns with Islamic State and spreads recruitment across East Africa The group now operates beyond Congo, using bombings, raids, and smuggling Experts urge a regional crackdown on its support and ...

Butembo also once boasted an industrial-scale factory, the Cobeki soft drinks maker. But it went out of business in the transitional period between DRC's second civil war [1998-2003] and its 2006 ...

Goma, DR Congo - Rape by armed men of displaced women is on the rise to an alarming extent in camps around Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a medical charity. Medecins ...

Democratic Republic of Congo international, Yoane Wissa, gave his Brentford teammates a taste of traditional food from his home country. Brentford enhanced their menu this week by hosting a ...

Escalating attacks by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have sparked an explosion of sexual violence against women and girls in the first months of 2025, with data collected ...

The warring parties have each imposed their own taxes at the borders they control, cutting off residents from the rest of the ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), despite its political and economic shocks, faces enormous revenue growth prospects in the next five years as the United Nations (UN) consider Kinshasa a major ...

Holomisa briefed Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Defence on Friday on the withdrawal of SANDF troops from the DRC. The soldiers are part of a regional Southern African Development ...

Picture: Michael Lunanga/AFP CAPE TOWN - Deputy Defence Minister Bantu Holomisa said that the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains fluid despite the phased withdrawal of ...

JOHANNESBURG - The withdrawal of SADC soldiers from eastern DRC has begun. South African troops are expected to return by the end of the month. The SANDF says they will return using both air and ...

Last week, the SANDF began the phased withdrawal of its recruits and equipment from the eastern DRC, as part of a directive from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit ...