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In his speech before the United Nations General Assembly, Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi expressed his displeasure with the UN peacekeeping mission known as MONUSCO. He said it is to be deplored that peacekeeping missions deployed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo have failed to confront the rebellions and armed conflicts tearing the country apart, nor have they protected the civilian populations. President Tshisekedi announced that he has instructed the Govern...

In his speech before the United Nations General Assembly, Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi expressed his displeasure with the UN peacekeeping mission known as MONUSCO. He said it is to be deplored that peacekeeping missions deployed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo have failed to confront the rebellions and armed conflicts tearing the country apart, nor have they protected the civilian populations. President Tshisekedi announced that he has instructed the Govern...

The SANDF members' alleged offences also include running brothels and 'widespread' violations of UN rules. 

President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend the SADC Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit in Windhoek, Namibia, on Monday. He will do so as the outgoing Chairperson of the Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security Cooperation of the regional bloc. 

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to deliver the keynote address at the second Presidential Health Summit at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg.

2nd Presidential Health Summit On the 5th of May, President Ramaphosa will deliver the keynote address at the 2nd Presidential Health Summit, at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg. The Summit, which starts on the 4th of May, brings together key stakeholders from various constituencies within the health sector, to review the implementation of interventions agreed to during the first Summit held in 2018. 

News and Press Release in English on Democratic Republic of the Congo about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and Protection and Human Rights; published on 29 Mar 2023 by UN SC

EAC: The bloc’s first-ever troop deployment to a member country will test its capacity to resolve complex conflicts. 

200 Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers have been deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help neutralize militia in the Eastern DRC. | Pulselive Kenya

Tensions are spiking once again in the chronically turbulent eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The M23 rebel movement – widely thought to be long dead – has dramatically resurrected. And DRC President Félix Tshisekedi has accused Rwandan President Paul Kagame of again backing it with military support. Tshisekedi has cancelled all RwandAir flights to DRC as well as trade and other commercial agreements. Kagame denies everything, suggesting that Tshisekedi resolve ...