President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed growing speculation about the conditions faced by South African troops deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), calling on the nation to stand ...

In December, the DRC Ministry of Health announced the emergence of an unknown disease causing influenza-like symptoms. The disease outbreak was identified as a combination of malaria, respiratory ...

Indeed, a February 2023 Defense Department memo reminded troops that the flag should never be carried flat or horizontally at any time. Now, the Pentagon is tossing that restriction. According to ...

MANILA, Phiippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Saturday reiterated its pledge of loyalty to flag and country amid speculations of a rift within its ranks following a presidential ...

B’nai Brith Canada said that this was the first time a Lions’ Den flag had been spotted in Canada. Protesters embrace as they leave a pro-Palestinian student encampment at the University of ...

WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump lashed out Friday over plans for the U.S. flag to be flown at half-staff during his upcoming inauguration to honor the late President Jimmy Carter ...

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In DRC, the Lobito Corridor links the mining provinces of Tanganyika, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba and Haut-Katanga – home to some of the world’s largest deposits of critical minerals like cobalt and ...

The M23 is a well-armed group named after the date of a long-abandoned peace deal signed on March 23rd 2009. It is led by Congolese Tutsi officers. Sharing the same ethnicity as Mr Kagame, they ...

The man who killed 10 people and injured at least 35 others in a horrific terrorist attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day was reportedly carrying an ISIS flag with him in the rental truck he ...