GOMA, Congo (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo sought to reassure its residents on Thursday, holding a rally at the city stadium and promising safety and ...

African leaders asked defense chiefs for a road map to end the conflict in the eastern ... as chairpersons of the EAC and SADC respectively. Rwanda-backed M23 advances in Democratic Republic ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday called for stronger international pressure on Rwanda, accusing it of fueling violence in the eastern country by using the M23 rebel group as a front ...

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The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized ... are engaged in supporting DRC militarily, including South Africa, Burundi and Malawi. Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is ...

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The Expropriation Act of 2024 is South Africa’s latest land reform policy aimed to resolve ownership inequality issues created by the pre-1994 apartheid system of white minority rule.

In such times, peace is needed,” says Dr Majavu, referring to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s measured response to the current diplomatic tensions between South Africa and Rwanda following the ...

An executive order from President Trump on Friday put the weight of U.S. influence behind a hotly disputed claim in South Africa that Afrikaners were the “victims of unjust racial discrimination.” ...

South Africa on Saturday condemned as "propaganda ... from the black population that endured during apartheid and the colonial period before it. "It is disappointing to observe that such ...