The deal to hand over the Americans was finalised when US President Donald Trump’s senior Africa adviser, Massad Boulos, travelled to the DRC to hold meetings with President Felix Tshisekedi in the ...

They are accused of planning and participating in the armed attack on May 19, 2024, in Kinshasa, aimed at overthrowing President Félix Tshisekedi and installing an alternative government called “New ...

Marcel Malanga, 22, Tyler Thompson Jr, 22, and Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, 37, were initially sentenced to die in Congo but had their punishments commuted by Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi ...

Last week, President Felix Tshisekedi – the target of the coup – commuted their sentences to life in prison and delivered the trio into U.S. custody on Tuesday. American prosecutors on ...

According to the posts, the prisoners were mainly members of the Kuluna gang and those convicted in connection with Christian Malanga’s 2024 coup attempt against president Felix Tshisekedi. These ...

A criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday in the District of Utah charged four U.S. citizens with conspiring to unlawfully carry out a coup d’état in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

If convicted, they face up to 15 years in prison on each count. The indictment alleges the men conspired to carry out a coup on May 19, 2024, in Congo, including an armed military operation that ...

Last month, Qatar brokered a surprise sit-down between Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame during which the two leaders called for a ceasefire. The United ...

Peace talks between Congo's government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels planned for Wednesday in Doha have been postponed, sources from both sides told Reuters this week, with no future date set.