The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...

Some sources categorise it as being the Eastern Bloc; in other words, only including countries that were Communist during the Cold War. Meanwhile, other sources say that nations including Albania ...

One target is the intelligence community budget, which is $102 billion annually. There are 18 agencies in the intelligence ...

In 2001, Estonia became the first former Eastern Bloc country to win the Eurovision Song Contest thanks to Tanel Padar, Dave Benton, 2XL and their party anthem Everybody. Aruban-born Dave Benton also ...

SADC summit terminates mandate of military mission in DR Congo Kigali, Rwanda | NEW TIMES RWANDA |  A Southern African ...

The SAMIDRC was sent to help the government of the DRC, a Southern African Development Community member, restore peace and ...

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa says SADC bloc remains committed to playing its part to promote lasting and sustainable peace in Congo - Anadolu Ajansı ...

This blunt warning, uttered a few weeks ago by Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, precipitated an equally sharp and public rebuke from Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston: “Your eagerness to ...

The Southern African regional bloc has said it will conclude its troop deployment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), having decided on a “phased withdrawal”.

Eastern and Southern African countries are looking into the possibility of deploying troops to secure areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo now under M23 rebel control, according to a document ...