Demokratische Republik Kongo

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) plans to send troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help fight rebels in the country's east.

[…] Separate decisions reached at the end of last week, and on Monday this week, show that the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) and the Southern Africa Development Cooperation (SADC) standby force will work hand in hand.

Rebels linked to the Islamic State group attacked a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east killing at least six people, local authorities said Tuesday. … More than 150 people were killed in Ituri in the first half of April, according to the United Nations.

The Kenyan commander for the East African Community Regional Forces (EACRF) Thursday submitted his resignation letter quoting an "aggravated threat" to his safety and a "systemic plan" to frustrate efforts to address militia violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

DRC has called for a "truthful discussion" to clarify the actual role of the EAC mission.

The East Africa Community (EAC) has completed the deployment of its regional force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to oversee the withdrawal of the rebel group, M23, from the eastern part of the country.The last contingent was of South Sudanese soldiers who joined troops from Kenya, Burundi and  Uganda.

[…] Residents from Kashali and Kazaroho villages in Rutshuru territory were killed over several days by rebels from the M23 group, said Isaac Kibira, a deputy to the governor of the Bwito area.

After months of fighting and rising tensions across the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the region is enjoying “a fragile lull”, including an improvement in relations between the DRC and neighbouring Rwanda, the Security Council heard on Wednesday.

More than 30 people were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province earlier this [last] week in attacks attributed to a rebel group affiliated with the Islamic State jihadist group, the United Nations said Thursday.

East African regional forces have announced that are now in control of Bunagana, a strategic town in eastern DRC previously held by M23 rebels for more than nine months. The spokesman for the Ugandan contingent of the regional force … confirmed that the M23 rebels had been cooperative during the transition process.