Congo rebels seize strategic eastern town
The Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have infiltrated the strategic town of Uvira in eastern Congo on December 11th, which has served...
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Congo asserts control over cobalt with new export conditions
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) introduced new export conditions for its key cobalt reserves that require companies to pay...
Trump mediates Congo-Rwanda talks, touts a fresh diplomatic win
US President Donald Trump has claimed once again to have brokered a Congo-Rwanda peace deal on December 4, amid continued...
US rights group sues Apple for mineral sourcing from Congo
A US-based rights group has sued Apple in Washington, claiming Apple’s supply chain uses minerals tied to war and human-rights...
Arsenal announces end to “Visit Rwanda” sponsorship deal
The UK Football Club Arsenal announced that they will end their eight-year sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda in June 2026,...
Congo mining bridge collapse kills around 32 people
Around 32 people were killed as a result of a bridge collapse in Congo’s copper-cobalt Kalando mine in the Lualaba...
DR Congo: School children return to class in M23-controlled Goma
Many families and children across eastern DR Congo are breathing a sigh of relief this week, as millions of school...
DR-Congo: ex-justice minister found guilty of corruption
A top court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has found the country's ex-Justice Minister and 2023 presidential...
DR Congo: Former President facing $46 billion in reparations
As DR Congo’s former president sits on trial for treason, civil parties have demanded billions of dollars from him in...
Trump eyes peace in DR Congo to secure mineral opportunity
US President Donald Trump reportedly wants to end the long-standing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to secure investments...
Trump sees mineral opportunity in DR Congo peace deal
President Trump is reportedly preparing a bold, yet potentially problematic, peace deal to definitively end the long-standing conflict in eastern...
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza: Rwanda-DRC peace deal must listen to minority voices
More than three decades after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda plunged the African Great Lakes region into...
Former PM of DR Congo found guilty of corruption
Augustin Matata Ponyo, former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was sentenced to a decade's imprisonment on...
Rwandan refugees who fled 1994 genocide return from Congo
Rwandan refugees who had been living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since fleeing the 1994 genocide were finally...
Rwanda and Congo submit peace proposal to end conflict
Both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda have successfully signed a draft peace deal that could potentially help...
