Questions and controversy have arisen in political spheres in Kinshasa (capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo) following the arrest in Belgium of Senator -Pierre Bemba Gombo, leader of Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) and former Vice-President
Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association chairman Cde Jabulani Sibanda has dismissed reports that his members were leading a terror campaign against Zimbabweans, saying war veterans were instead victims of the post-March 29 election violence.
South Africa's soldiers need to be equipped with skills that they can impart to the populace of countries where they perform peacekeeping operations, says Defence Minister Mosioua Lekota.
There has been great progress towards the recovery by those soldiers who were injured during a training exercise in Lohatlha in the Northern Cape last year, says Deputy Defence Minister Mluleki George.
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Citizens Popular Party (CPP) have described the death of 46 Nigerian soldiers who were returning from a peace keeping mission in Dafur, as a national disaster.
More than a month after he was quizzed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), former inspector-general of police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero yesterday explained his involvement in the N557 million arms and ammunition money the Force
South Africa's sweeping legislation to outlaw mercenary activities might also hamper the country's peacekeeping efforts and affect non-governmental and aid organisations while targeting private military/security companies (PMCs).
The wave of xenophobia that has hit South Africa over the last two weeks, has driven over 30 Namibians living in Cape Town from their dwellings following an attack by a mob on Thursday night.
The Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict is visiting Chad and Central African Republic (CAR) to see first-hand the situation of war-impacted children in the two countries.
The Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) is advising all MDC activists and members of civil groups to be on the lookout out against what they are calling 'the forces of evil'. This refers to the state agents who
MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai said the number of MDC activists killed in the last six weeks has risen to 50 and that thousands more have been injured, displaced or had their houses destroyed and their property looted.
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, a former Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has been arrested by Belgian authorities on a sealed warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed
After ten days of violent attacks on foreign nationals, migrant workers, refugees and asylum seekers living in some of the country's informal settlements, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is helping the hardest-hit cities of Johannesburg, Ekhuruleni and Tshwane to
The abductions of political and civil activists have intensified in the last week as ZANU-PF continues its campaign to destroy opposition structures ahead of the presidential runoff. We have received reports that nearly 20 people have been abducted since Friday.
SADC leaders are to meet on the sidelines of a conference in Japan to discuss the current political instability in the region and the deployment of election observers to monitor the second round of the presidential poll in Zimbabwe.
