South Africa's military reinforces beleaguered Congo mission
South Africa has sent additional troops and military equipment to Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, political and ...
Four more South African soldiers killed in Congo, defence department says
Four more South African soldiers have been killed in fighting with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said, taking the number of South African peacekeepers killed to 13 ...
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.
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South Africa: Defence Committees Call for Repatriation of Soldiers Killed in DRC
and the Joint Standing Committee on Defence has implored the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to ensure that the remains of the SANDF members who died in the Eastern DRC will be ...
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Political fallout from SANDF soldiers’ deaths in the DRC
From government neglect, mining interests and the withdrawal of troops from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the EFF, DA and PA did not hold back during the National Assembly’s ...
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Southern Africa: SADC Mission in DR Congo Should Withdraw, Says South African Defence Analyst
A South African defence expert, Helmoed Heitman ... "The Southern African Development Community (SADC) force in the Democratic Republic of Congo was supposedly deployed to "support [DR Congo ...
Parliament's defence committee praises efforts in repatriating SANDF soldiers
The Defence Committee honors SANDF soldiers repatriated from the DRC, stressing South Africa’s role in peacekeeping, calling ...
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SANDF names 14 soldiers killed in DRC M23 rebel attack
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has released the names of the fallen heroes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The fallen soldiers’ names are: 1. Staff Sergeant William ...
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Damaged Goma Runway Delays Repatriation of Fallen South African Soldiers, Says Defence Minister
Senior officials of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) are working around the clock to bring home the bodies of South African soldiers who lost their lives in combat in the ...
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Four more South African soldiers killed in Congo, defence department says
resulting in three SANDF (South African National Defence Force) soldiers being killed. Another soldier injured in combat with M23 rebels over the past three days died from their injuries ...
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Another SANDF soldier dies in the DRC
The South African Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that another soldier has died in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as fighting continues to rage on near the city of Goma. It is ...
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Congo losses expose limit of South Africa's diplomatic ambitions
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in eastern Congo fighting ...