A South African soldier, part of the SADC mission for eastern Congo, waits for the ceremony to repatriate the two bodies of South African soldiers killed in the war between M23 rebels and the Congolese army in Goma on February 20, 2024.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) force in eastern Congo is vowing to crush the M23 rebels, who say they have taken control of the city of Goma.
The SADC mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, SamiDRC, last week lost at least nine South African troops to the invaders and is bracing to drive the Rwanda-backed rebels out of the city.
