Attack on South Sudan cattle camps kills 35, community leader says
Unidentified attackers raided cattle camps in a southeastern area of South Sudan last week, killing at least 35 people and wounding 46, a community leader said. Cattle raiding linked to competition ...
How colonial borders continue to shape African conflicts
In December 2006, a crucial African statistical development initiative nearly collapsed under the weight of post-war tensions ...
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FACTSHEET: A short history of the conflict in the DRC and M23
M23 formed in 2012 when Tutsi soldiers broke away from the Congolese Army saying promises made to them in the 2009 agreement had not been kept.
Ramaphosa, Kagame Spar Over Battle in Congo
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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.
Congo losses expose limit of South Africa's diplomatic ambitions
South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...