AFRICA IN FOCUS: 17 MARCH 2025 Rwanda, Belgium expel each other’s diplomats; EU announces sanctions ahead of DRC peace talks 5 min 0 By Reuters
FOREIGN AFFAIRS SA and EU to embrace at summit after both suffer Trump abuse 5 min 2 By Peter Fabricius
GREAT LAKES CRISIS SADC leaders to decide on fate of peacekeeping force in DRC 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
AFRICA IN FOCUS: 10 MARCH 2025 US ‘open to minerals partnerships’ with DRC; Kabila’s allies to be questioned by military prosecutor 4 min 0 By Reuters
ANALYSIS The changing global order — why SA needs to radically boost defence spending 5 min 16 By Stephen Grootes
BATTLE OF GOMA Critically injured SA soldiers return from DRC, fate of those who remain unclear 2 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
GREAT LAKES CRISIS SA troops remain trapped in ‘perilous, threatening’ conditions in DRC, with no rescue in sight 4 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
ISS TODAY OP-ED New DRC crisis bears out Great Lakes region’s enduring instability — there is one realistic solution 5 min 3 By Paul-Simon Handy
BATTLE OF GOMA Government rebuffs opposition calls for immediate withdrawal of SA forces from DRC 5 min 38 By Peter Fabricius
GREAT LAKES CRISIS Summit of regional leaders makes little progress in resolving DRC conflict 5 min 5 By Peter Fabricius
BATTLE OF GOMA South Africa navigates a diplomatic tightrope to bring troops' remains home from eastern DRC 3 min 6 By Peter Fabricius
ISS TODAY OP-ED Eastern DRC — Unpacking the difficult task of regional diplomacy 5 min 0 By Bram Verelst and Nicodemus Minde
TRAPPED IN A WAR ZONE ‘Who is that bullet going to hit’ — families of SA troops in DRC haunted by gunfire in voice notes 7 min 6 By Vincent Cruywagen
BATTLE OF GOMA Bodies of SA soldiers killed in DRC to be repatriated, Parliament told, as MPs grill SANDF and Motshekga 4 min 14 By Peter Fabricius
BATTLE OF GOMA Ramaphosa likely to attend joint SADC-EAC summit to address DRC crisis 4 min 10 By Peter Fabricius
BATTLE OF GOMA About 2,000 SA troops remain trapped in DRC with no clear rescue plan 6 min 20 By Peter Fabricius and Takudzwa Pongweni
ANALYSIS How SA’s democratic society weakens Ramaphosa’s hand against Rwandan dictatorship 5 min 93 By Stephen Grootes
GREAT LAKES CRISIS DRC’s M23 conflict — Rwanda’s heightened role underscores regional tensions, mineral exploitation, brutal human cost 5 min 4 By Yeshiel Panchia
FIGHTING TALK Kagame threatens SA as SANDF forces remain beleaguered in DRC and peace efforts falter 4 min 80 By Peter Fabricius
