South Africa warns Rwanda of ‘declaration of war’ after DRC assault
Regional tensions spiral as peacekeepers killed in fighting following Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group offensive ...
Mail & Guardian21h
Civil war raging in DRC becomes a nightmare for South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa remains in direct contact with the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and of Rwanda ...
The Star Worldwide (English) on MSN11h
Kagame hits back at Ramaphosa over DRC war
If South Africa prefers confrontation, Rwanda will deal with the matter in that context any day," Kagame warned.
The Africa Report8h
Kagame threatens South Africa’s Ramaphosa over DRC intervention
They may be on opposite sides of the Congolese battlefield only by proxy, but Pretoria and Kigali are now trading undiplomatic warnings. The war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is also ...
South Dakota Senate bill aims to raise stakes for National Guard deployments
If passed, the bill would require the U.S. Congress to formally declare war to deploy South Dakota National Guard members.
South Africa and Rwanda go head-to-head over DR Congo war
As the rebels gained the upper hand in the battlefield by capturing most of Goma - the biggest city in the east - South Africa fired a diplomatic salvo, warning that further attac ...
The growing influence of Israel’s ultranationalist settler movement
And yet Israel’s ultranationalists have been able to take advantage of the changing political landscape in Israel over the ...
DRC: SA stands firm despite loss
President Cyril Ramaphosa has also issued a warning to Rwanda, saying continued hostilities against SANDF members would be ...
South Korea faces big challenges as it heads toward a presidential election
As the rest of the world moves forward, South Korea is at a political stand still. The country needs strong leadership as ...
Syria’s Sharaa declared president for transition, consolidating his power
DAMASCUS - Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa was declared President for a transitional phase on Jan 29, tightening his ...
From gardens to beaches: Ethel Carrick’s dazzling Australian sketches
They were both painted in 1908 on the English-born artist’s first visit to Australia, as she accompanied her husband and ...
The Daily Star3h
Unquiet legacies in Salil Tripathi’s ‘The Colonel Who Would Not Repent’
Every December, my reading group chooses a book related to 1971. In 2015, for example, we read A. Qayyum Khan’s Bittersweet Victory: A Freedom Fighter’s Tale (2013) and a few years earlier we read ...