M23 fighters, backed by Rwanda, continue to advance into eastern DR Congo. While the rebels are outnumbered by the Congolese ...

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

The SAMIDRC was sent to help the government of the DRC, a Southern African Development Community member, restore peace and ...

Since January, however, the rapid conquest and occupation of a huge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo by Rwanda and ...

SADC summit terminates mandate of military mission in DR Congo Kigali, Rwanda | NEW TIMES RWANDA |  A Southern African ...

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

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group cautiously welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese government to end the conflict in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of ...

The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of dressing up prisoners in military uniforms in an effort to ...

Department of Army civilians play an indispensable role in keeping our military strong. Mass job cuts would be unwise.