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Kabila's return to DRC fuels tensions, as ceasefire starts
Deutsche Welle
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April 24, 2025
Observers are approaching the truce that was signed between the DRC and M23 rebels with great caution, following numerous failed attempts at keeping the peace in the past. The latest peace offensive, brokered in Qatar, comes after thousands of...
Caution surrounds planned DRC-Rwanda peace agreement
Deutsche Welle
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April 30, 2025
On April 25, Foreign Ministers Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner (DRC) and Olivier Nduhungirehe (Rwanda) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Washington in the presence of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. "We are discussing how to build new...
Can Trump Bring Peace to Congo?
Foreign Policy
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April 30, 2025
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: The Trump administration oversees a peace plan between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, Turkey sends troops to Somalia to help fight al-Shabab militants, and...
Why Kinshasa keeps flooding – and why it’s not just about the rain
The Conversation
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April 17, 2025
The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn’t just about intense rainfall. It was a symptom of recent land use change which has occurred rapidly in the city, turning it into a sprawling urban...
Doubts arise about planned DRC-Rwanda peace agreement
Deutsche Welle
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May 30, 2025
On April 25, foreign ministers Therese Kayikwamba Wagner of the Democratic Republic of Congoand Olivier Nduhungirehe of Rwanda signed a memorandum of understanding in Washington in the presence of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. "We are...
Congo's mineral offer to US raises questions of ownership amid bloody civil war, major China presence
FOX Business
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Critical Metals CEO and executive chairman Tony Sage analyzes a potential minerals deal between the U.S. and Ukraine on 'The Claman Countdown.' The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) may be trying to sell minerals to the Trump Administration...
Minerals and sanctions: Trump’s terms, conditions to aid Congo peace process
Zawya
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The US peace bid in the Democratic Republic of Congo will involve cash for investments into the mineral sector, just as much as a whip of sanctions to those who cross the line. It is a dual-track initiative to end armed conflict in the country,...
Crime, Fear Stalk DR Congo’s M23-Run Areas
Channels TV
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April 23, 2025
Every morning the Congolese city of Bukavu, now under the control of the Rwanda-backed M23 movement, counts its dead. Corpses are discovered at dawn, lying in the steep streets of the capital of South Kivu province, which has been in the hands of...
Mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a reshaped response
Le Monde
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At the Katako referral health center in Maniema province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in November 2023. GUERCHOM NDEBO/ALIMA In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the epicenter of the mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) outbreak, the...
New front in US-China rivalry opens, this time in Congo’s copper and cobalt mining heartland
Firstpost
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April 27, 2025
Talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the United States over a proposed “minerals-for-security” pact could threaten China’s long-standing dominance in the central African nation’s mining industry, though analysts warn the...
At Night, Crime And Fear Stalk DR Congo's M23-run Areas
International Business Times
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April 23, 2025
Every morning the Congolese city of Bukavu, now under the control of the Rwanda-backed M23 movement, counts its dead. Corpses are discovered at dawn, lying in the steep streets of the capital of South Kivu province, which has been in the hands of...
Congo at The Crossroads of Minerals Diplomacy?
Forbes
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The University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Africa's first nuclear reactor, ... [+] located on this modestly guarded site, was built in 1958 by American firm General Atomics AFP PHOTO / LIONEL HEALING (Photo credit should read...
DRC Seeks Strategic Partnership with U.S. to Secure Critical Minerals and Regional Stability
The Rwandan
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March 6, 2025
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is making a bold push for a strategic economic and military alliance with the United States, aiming to counter Chinese influence, stabilize its conflict-ridden eastern regions, and secure a long-term...
Congolese bishops express ‘spiritual closeness’ with victims of deadly floods in Kinshasa
Catholic News Agency
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April 13, 2025
ACI Africa, Apr 13, 2025 / 07:00 am Catholic bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have expressed their “spiritual closeness and solidarity” with victims of the recent floods and landslides that struck the capital city of Kinshasa and...
Challenges facing the latest truce between Kinshasa and M23
Institute for Security Studies
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Challenges facing the latest truce between Kinshasa and M23 Dynamics on the ground in eastern DRC and the country’s capital will test Qatar’s mediation efforts. Published on 25 April 2025 in ISS Today By Bram Verelst Senior Researcher, Conflict...
Congo-Kinshasa: Trump to DR Congo’s rescue? What we know about a proposed US-Congolese mining deal
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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March 16, 2025
Congolese authorities are hoping to conclude an agreement with the Trump administration on the country’s mining resources in a bid to secure US support in their fight against the M23 rebels and Rwandan forces leading an offensive in eastern DR...
The Congo power battle that could undo Trump’s bid for mineral riches
The Times
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After his return from military training in China, the handsome young officer seen at the side of Laurent Kabila was presented to the ranks merely as an adviser. Joseph Kabila, however, was far more than that.The son of the ruler who overthrew the...
Extreme flooding events in Congo set to occur every two years in a warming world
Down to Earth
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Extreme rainfall that led to destructive flooding in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in April 2025, is expected to occur every two years in a warming world, scientists have found. Researchers from the DRC, Rwanda,...
Deadly floods in DRC becoming more likely with climate change, say scientists
The Independent
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April 17, 2025
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Extreme Flooding Events in Congo Expected Every Two Years: Study
EcoWatch
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April 22, 2025
The extreme flooding event that hit the Congolese “megacity” capital of Kinshasa and surrounding areas, killing at least several dozen, is part of a trend expected to repeat roughly every other year, likely due to climate change, a new report has...