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Government says its DRC mission was successful, South Africans disagree
The Minister of Defence, Angie Motshekga, and senior leaders of the military briefed the media about the South African ...
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Motshekga misses DR Congo deployment and withdrawal Parliament defence committee meeting
Friday’s (9 May’s) virtual Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) meeting saw Defence and Military Veterans Minister ...
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174 South African soldiers injured while deployed to the DRC over 15 months
Ahead of South Africa’s senior soldier pronouncing the now terminated Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission ...
South Africa begins structured withdrawal of SANDF from the Democratic Republic of Congo
SANDF Chief General Rudzani Maphwanywa said the troops will proceed to the assembly area in Chato in Tanzania, from where ...
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South Africa says its peacekeeping troops are withdrawing from rebel-held eastern Congo
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SANDF forces make their way to South Africa from the DRC
The South African National Defence Force commenced that the soldiers deployed in the DRC have begun their withdrawal through ...
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South Africa begins withdrawing peacekeepers from rebel-held eastern Congo
South Africa’s armed forces announced Thursday they had begun pulling their peacekeepers out of eastern Congo, a region now under the sway of rebel fighters.
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South Africa troops exit from DR Congo to be completed this month, says general
Johannesburg: South African troops withdrawing from the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have begun ...
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South Africa: New Chapter As SANDF Withdraws From DRC
The withdrawal of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) marks a new chapter in regional peacekeeping efforts, said Defence and Military ...
Could the Next Pope Be From Africa?
Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention.
In Congo, M23 rebels’ latest fight is to revive the economy
The M23 insurgents who routed Congo’s army to take control of the eastern part of one of Africa’s most populous nations now ...