African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi, who were sent to ...

Clad in a sleeveless t-shirt and a pair of Adidas joggers, a Malawian SAMIDRC soldier whom I had briefly engaged earlier as ...

Ten Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers who participated in the UK-Commonwealth Coronation procession of His Majesty King Charles III in May 2023 have been awarded the King's Coronation Medals.

Ten Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers who participated in the UK-Commonwealth Coronation procession of His Majesty King Charles III in May 2023 have been awarded the King’s Coronation Medals.

FILE - South African soldiers, part of the Southern African Development Community's mission to fight against armed rebel groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, stand in Goma as ...

The M23 has continued to gain ground in eastern DR Congo and last month seized the region's second-biggest city, Bukavu.

The size of the SADC deployment has never been made public but analysts estimate it to number around 1,300 troops.

Troops from the southern African regional bloc will exit eastern DR Congo under a deal with M23 rebels, who demand repairs to ...

Fourteen South African soldiers, and at least three from Malawi were killed in January in the fighting. The United Nations later evacuated a group of critically injured South African peacekeepers ...

M23 rebels in control of key areas of eastern Congo have agreed to a ceasefire with African coalition peacekeepers who ...

But in late January, 10 South African soldiers and three Malawian soldiers died at the hands of rebels in the battle for Goma. Scores were injured as the conflict escalated. "Perhaps there is a ...