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 ...

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) ...

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

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 ...

The horrific discovery was made in an abandoned village in the DR Congo this Friday. The victims, reported to be hostages of the ADF rebels, were found in a Protestant church in Kasanga ...

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 ...

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 ...