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Tshisekedi to attend regional summit on eastern Congo crisis

Tshisekedi to join regional summit on eastern Congo conflict

Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi will take part in a joint summit of Eastern and Southern African leaders starting on Friday to discuss the conflict in its east, where Rwandan-backed rebels are seizing more territory.

The Hindu · 48m

DR Congo conflict advances as U.N. warns of regional escalation

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday (February 7, 2025) as the United Nations warned that the risk of violence spreading regionally had “never been higher”.

Business Insider Africa on MSN · 1d

Tshisekedi to attend regional summit on eastern Congo crisis after prior absence

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi will join a joint summit of Eastern and Southern African leaders in Tanzania on February 7-8 to discuss the ongoing conflict in eastern Congo. ・President Felix Tshisekedi will join a summit of African leaders to discuss the conflict in eastern Congo.

Rwanda offers passage for bodies of South African soldiers

Hosted on MSN · 2d

South Africa: What does Ramaphosa have to win — or lose — in the DRC crisis?

Relations between Rwanda and South Africa have soured as security deteriorates in eastern DR Congo. Kagame, meanwhile, took exception to Ramaphosa's calls for a UN- backed ceasefire, accusing the South African leader of distorting facts and saying "if South Africa prefers confrontation,

The New Times on MSN · 3h

DR Congo crisis: Rwanda offers passage for bodies of South African soldiers

The remains of 14 South African soldiers who died in fighting in eastern DR Congo were on Friday, February 7, repatriated to their country, after being given passage through Rwanda. The dead soldiers were part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) deployed under the Southern African Development Community mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC) supporting a Congolese army coalition that comprised the genocidal militia from Rwanda,

SA People on MSN · 2d

South Africa soldiers killed in DR Congo due home on Wednesday

The remains of 14 South African soldiers killed in the conflict in eastern DR Congo more than a week ago are due home on Wednesday.

The Africa Report3h

Remains of 14 South African soldiers returning home in slow repatriation process

Flags are flying half-mast in South Africa as bodies of deceased soldiers are being repatriated, but questions about the ...

Ceasefire in east Congo appears to crumble as rebels take another town

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, ...

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Over 150 women raped during Congo prison break, U.N. says

At least 165 women were raped by male inmates during a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

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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.

Newsday7d

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital

Rwanda's leader also threatened to “deal” with any confrontation with South Africa, which has complained that fighting in eastern Congo has left South African peacekeepers dead. In his first ...

U.S. News & World Report8d

Congo Losses Expose Limit of South Africa's Diplomatic Ambitions

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 ...

Defence Web5h

Guterres says eastern DR Congo crisis needs mediation, not military intervention

Ahead of tomorrow’s summit on the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Dar es Salaam, United Nations (UN) ...

Nearly 3,000 people killed after rebels seize key city in DR Congo, UN says

Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...

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