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.
Injured South African peacekeepers return home from conflict-hit DR Congo
M23, one of several armed groups operating in eastern Congo, resurfaced in late 2021 and captured the city of Bukavu last week after seizing Goma in January, leading to the deaths of more than 7,000 people this year, according to Congolese Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka.
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.
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.
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,
The New Times on MSN6h
M23 announces new governor for South Kivu
The Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), which include the M23 rebel group, has announced the appointment of a new governor for South Kivu province in eastern DR Congo, just over two weeks after its fighters ...
allAfrica.com on MSN8h
M23 Continues Massive Recruitment Drive in Bukavu
The AFC/M23 recruits with complete transparency, rebel spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka, said in a post on X, on Friday, February 28, a day after "a terrorist attack" at a rebel rally in Bukavu, the ...
LIVE: M23 Captures South Kivu’s Capital Bukavu as DR Congo Soldiers Flee | Firstpost Africa
LIVE: M23 Captures South Kivu’s Capital Bukavu as DR Congo Soldiers Flee | Firstpost Africa Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have ...
The New Times on MSN17h
Rwanda: 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 ...
The Washington Post13d
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 ...
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 Africa Report7d
East Congo: After taking Bukavu, where next for M23? Uvira
M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, continued their advance through South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... A diplomatic source in the region confirmed this to The Africa Report. However, ...
The American Conservative2d
Violence, Minerals, and the Inevitable in Central Africa
Perhaps more importantly, it contains some of the world’s largest deposits of key minerals, such as cobalt, which is ...