Tag: FARDC

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will, reports have it, face an M23 rebel grouping with...

Operation Shujaa, “hero” or “warrior” in Swahili, is a joint effort “degrading the capacity of the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) to cause war” in...

Hostilities in particularly the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have seen troops from two East Africa Community (EAC) countries deployed as part of...

As clashes escalated between the rebel March 23 Movement (M23) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) armed forces in North Kivu, the...

The recent spate of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is, according to a senior United Nations (UN) official entrusted with African...

An M23 attack on MONUSCO and FARDC forces in DR Congo’s North Kivu province has been “strongly condemned” by the United Nations (UN) Security...

Speedy response by United Nations (UN) peacekeepers and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) soldiers put paid to a militia attack on a camp housing...

Part of the mandate the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has is assisting local security forces in stepping up...

Future rebel attempts to attack Bunia in DR Congo’s Ituri province will encounter a higher level of defence from both MONUSCO and the national...

South African soldiers attached to the UN Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been commended by SA National...

Congolese troops killed 36 Burundian rebels in clashes with armed groups in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo and three soldiers also died,...

Islamist rebels are suspected of killing at least 11 civilians in an attack in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said, adding...

Discarded military fatigues, boots, trash and a charred corpse in a smouldering hut: the remains of a Ugandan rebel base in the...

A military offensive launched last month by Congolese troops against Ugandan militants in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to force...

At least a dozen soldiers were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile eastern borderlands where the army is battling Ugandan Islamist...

The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has increased its export of military skills in the form of instructors going to the Democratic...

A Congolese general recruited, financed and armed elements of a Ugandan Islamist group to kill civilians while he was in charge of...

At least eight people were killed in an attack on an army camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo late on Thursday...

Seven Congolese soldiers were killed on Thursday in a surprise attack by heavily armed assailants in Congo's restive northeast, military and local...

Unidentified gunmen killed six elite presidential guard soldiers on Monday in an ambush in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, military and local...

Soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have captured the man suspected of being behind a deadly attack this week on the...

The army of Democratic Republic of the Congo has been making progress in an offensive against Rwandan rebels in the country's conflict-torn...

Congolese government forces launched strikes against Rwandan Hutu rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, military officials said, in the first...

The expression on the face of Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo has paused support to Congolese troops for operations against Rwandan rebels because...

United Nations support for a planned military operation against Rwandan rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could be in doubt because...

Democratic Republic of Congo's army on Thursday declared the official start of operations against Rwandan Hutu rebels, but a senior army official...

Tens of thousands of civilians are likely to be forced to flee their homes during a planned offensive by Congolese and United...

A joint operation by United Nations troops and the Congolese army (FARDC) took control of the main bases used by an armed...

A military tribunal in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday sentenced to death a senior army officer and a rebel commander...

Congo's army said on Thursday it was hunting rebels deep into forests and mountains along the border with Rwanda and Uganda, the...

Congo's M23 rebels clashed with government troops on Friday near the eastern city of Goma, a rebel leader said, in the first...

An UN-backed military operation against Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been launched, a UN official said. "The first...

The leader of the Patriotic Front for the Liberation of Congo armed group says President Joseph Kabila's government has failed to keep...

Senior military leaders from the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUC, have been meeting their counterparts in the...

Alan Doss, the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) presented the main lines...

More than 150 people were killed last week in fighting between government troops and armed groups in the Equateur province of Democratic...

United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have suspended logistical or other support for units of the National...

The United Nations Security Council extended and expanded the arms embargo and related sanctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),...