M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance into eastern DR Congo. While the rebels are outnumbered by the Congolese army, DW examines whether the military has the capacity to respond ...

ITS soldiers are underpaid and underarmed. Its ranks are riddled with factions pursuing their own interests. And successive ...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) said on Thursday that a summit of regional heads of state had terminated ...

CONGOLESE soldiers in a mix of fatigues and street clothes crowded into a chapel recently to stand trial for crimes including rape and murder allegedly committed as they fled in the face of a ...

Their statements during the court martial proceedings highlighted the dysfunction of an army that has now lost more territory ...

Congolese authorities are hoping to conclude an agreement with the Trump administration on the country's mining resources in ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?

Southern African leaders have announced they will pull their troops out of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they ...

SADC summit terminates mandate of military mission in DR Congo Kigali, Rwanda | NEW TIMES RWANDA |  A Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit on Thursday, March 13, terminated the mandate ...