The DRC seeks to offer key minerals to the U.S., but rebel forces and China largely control access to these vital rare earth resources, which are said to be worth trillions of dollars.

some draped in the Congo flag, trampled on the flags of France, the US, EU and Poland. DR Congo accuses Rwanda of backing the M23 rebels – a claim Kigali has consistently denied. It is hard to ...

Congo-Kinshasa (MNN) — Despite growing international pressure, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is standing firm on its ...

International courts have failed to stop three decades of atrocities in conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, showing a special tribunal is needed, the International Criminal Court (ICC) ...

The attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) were carried out Tuesday and Wednesday in Ituri province along the border ...

Corneille Nangaa, a former head of DR Congo's electoral commission, now leads the Congo River Alliance, which includes the M23 rebel group. He has addressed large rallies in the cities under the ...

Central to their campaign is the assertion that ethnic Tutsis living in DR Congo are being persecuted. Digging into the status of Tutsis in DR Congo - and how it relates to the M23 uprising - is a ...

DRC is Rwanda's second-biggest trading partner, buying $156 million worth of goods in the first nine months of 2024, ...

It comes after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo said they had captured fighters from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) - a militia founded by ethnic Hutus who ...