South African soldiers killed in DR Congo set to return home

IOL EXCLUSIVE: Bodies of South African soldiers killed in DRC transported to Uganda, en route home
The soldiers' bodies were due to be repatriated to South Africa on Wednesday. However, the SANDF on Thursday stated that all administrative processes were completed and handed over to the United Nations.
DR Congo crisis: Rwanda offers passage for bodies of South African soldiers
The remains of 14 South African soldiers who died in fighting in eastern DR Congo were on Friday, February 7, repatriated to their country, after being given passage through Rwanda. The dead soldiers were part of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) deployed under the Southern African Development Community mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC) supporting a Congolese army coalition that comprised the genocidal militia from Rwanda,
South Africa soldiers killed in DR Congo due home on Wednesday
The remains of 14 South African soldiers killed in the conflict in eastern DR Congo more than a week ago are due home on Wednesday.
Rebels call for ceasefire in DR Congo after hundreds are killed in a week of fighting
A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, after fighting with the Congolese military has left hundreds of people dead.
Rebel groups declare ceasefire in Congo
Rebel groups, including the M23 rebels, have declared a humanitarian ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 900 have been killed and nearly 3,000 others injured in recent fighting around the city of Goma,

DR Congo conflict advances

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