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Two South African soldiers were killed and three injured in eastern Congo when a mortar hit their base. The South African National Defence Force is investigating the incident.

Faced with a recent surge in fighting between the army and rebel forces in eastern DR Congo, several hundred women dressed in black took to the streets of the capital Kinshasa on Wednesday to demand…

TY Omujuma (the TY stands for "Ttiimu Y'ensi") will be hoping that the second time is the charm as they managed to get themselves into their second consecutive final of the Ntare Lions League.

Two South African soldiers were killed and three injured on an eastern Congo base when a mortar exploded on Wednesday.The South African National Defence Force believes the incident resulted from "indirect fire" and is conducting an investigation.South Africa has deployed soldiers to Congo as part of the Southern African Development Community's mission against armed rebel

The soldiers are part of a Southern African contingent deployed to fight the many armed groups roaming eastern DR Congo.

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AUBIN MUKONI/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) -- At least 200 people have been killed and thousands have been forced to flee following a sharp uptick of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In a "dramatic resurgence" of violence, the March ...

Two South African soldiers have been killed in a mortar strike in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the army said Thursday, their forces first casualties since it deployed to help quell an insurgency

Eastern DRC: two South African soldiers killed on mission. South Africa announced on February 15, 2024 the death of two of its soldiers during clashes the day before around Sake, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to a statement from the South African government, three soldiers were also injured by mortar fire which hit their base. The South African troops are part of the mission of the southern African sub-regional organization SADC, deployed in mid-December to support t...

Recent fighting near the city of Goma in the eastern Congo has alarmed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which said on Monday that it was worried by the "escalating violence" in the region.