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South African soldiers killed in DR Congo set to return home

Remains of 14 South African soldiers returning home in slow repatriation process

Flags are flying half-mast in South Africa as bodies of deceased soldiers are being repatriated, but questions about the state of the country’s military remain.

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South Africa soldiers killed in DR Congo due home on Wednesday

The remains of 14 South African soldiers killed in the conflict in eastern DR Congo more than a week ago are due home on Wednesday.

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IOL EXCLUSIVE: Bodies of South African soldiers killed in DRC transported to Uganda, en route home

The soldiers' bodies were due to be repatriated to South Africa on Wednesday. However, the SANDF on Thursday stated that all administrative processes were completed and handed over to the United Nations.

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Rebels call for ceasefire in DR Congo after hundreds are killed in a week of fighting

A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, after fighting with the Congolese military has left hundreds of people dead.

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Rebel groups declare ceasefire in Congo

Rebel groups, including the M23 rebels, have declared a humanitarian ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 900 have been killed and nearly 3,000 others injured in recent fighting around the city of Goma,

Tshisekedi to attend regional summit on eastern Congo crisis

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Tshisekedi to join regional summit on eastern Congo conflict

Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi will take part in a joint summit of Eastern and Southern African leaders starting on Friday to discuss the conflict in its east, where Rwandan-backed rebels are seizing more territory.

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DR Congo conflict advances as UN warns of regional escalation

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday as the United Nations warned that the risk of violence spreading regionally had "never been higher".

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Tshisekedi to attend regional summit on eastern Congo crisis after prior absence

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi will join a joint summit of Eastern and Southern African leaders in Tanzania on February 7-8 to discuss the ongoing conflict in eastern Congo. ・President Felix Tshisekedi will join a summit of African leaders to discuss the conflict in eastern Congo.

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South Africa: What does Ramaphosa have to win — or lose — in the DRC crisis?

Relations between Rwanda and South Africa have soured as security deteriorates in eastern DR Congo. Kagame, meanwhile, took ...

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Over 150 women raped during Congo prison break, U.N. says

At least 165 women were raped by male inmates during a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Ceasefire in east Congo appears to crumble as rebels take another town

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, ...

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DR Congo crisis: Rwanda offers passage for bodies of South African soldiers

The remains of 14 South African soldiers who died in fighting in eastern DR Congo were on Friday, February 7, repatriated to their country, after being given passage through Rwanda. The dead soldiers ...

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Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital

Rwanda's leader also threatened to “deal” with any confrontation with South Africa, which has complained that fighting in eastern Congo has left South African peacekeepers dead. In his first ...

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South Africa and Rwanda go head-to-head over DR Congo war

South Africa and Rwanda's already fraught diplomatic relations have worsened after President Cyril Ramaphosa accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of killing South African peacekeepers in ...

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Guterres appeals for mediation to end crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo)

Now is the time to end the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Secretary-General said on ...

War crimes tribunal closely monitoring Congo bloodshed

International Criminal Court prosecutors said on Wednesday they were closely monitoring events in Democratic Republic of ...

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