South Africa’s military’s key strengths include advanced technology, highly trained special forces, and also domestic weapons ...

The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.

M23 rebels fighting the Congolese army in eastern Congo are using advanced weapons and equipment similar to those used by the ...

Lindy Heinecken has spent decades researching the South African military in peacekeeping ... it’s clear that the rebel forces operating in the eastern DRC, particularly the M23, pose a ...

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

Rwanda says it is open to talks with Pretoria over a fallout regarding Rwanda's involvement in conflict in the DRC which has ...

How do African military forces measure up? We offer a breakdown in infographics ... Egypt has maintained first place on the continent for several years, closely trailed by Algeria. Nigeria, South ...

They didn’t serve in Europe but in the fringe battles in Africa, where Allied forces fought in the ... found evidence of their service in South African army documents around 10 years ago ...

Lindy Heinecken has spent decades researching the South African military in peacekeeping operations ... it's clear that the rebel forces operating in the eastern DRC, particularly the M23, pose ...