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Following months of tension since the signing of a peace deal in June, delegations from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are back in Washington this week, hoping to revive stalled efforts ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing a prolonged crisis, exacerbated by the recent cuts to USAID. Karla Capers/Oxfam Oxfam’s CEO and President Abby Maxman shares her experience traveling to DRC, ...

Planet China: Seventh in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world. Chinese miners are illegally extracting Congolese gold on a vast ...

Kenya has responded after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) protested President William Ruto’s nomination of a Consul-General to Goma. Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Affairs CS Musalia ...

President William Ruto’s nomination of Judy Kiara Nkumiri as Consul General at the DRC consulate has sparked a diplomatic spat with the Congolese administration. In a statement dated Saturday, August ...

The recent agreement is a good first step, but peace and security in this Central African conflict will require persistent diplomacy. However, a lack of clarity has hindered past agreements, including ...

If the right incentives are applied, Rwanda and the DRC have the chance to cement a mutually beneficial relationship. Recent efforts, catalyzed largely by the Trump administration, to produce a peace ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must take immediate action to combat human trafficking amid ongoing conflict in the country’s eastern regions, a high-ranking UN official urged Friday.

The United States is advancing discussions toward a strategic minerals partnership with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This initiative reflects Washington’s growing focus on securing reliable ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and rebel forces have agreed to a declaration of principles aimed at ending the conflict in the eastern Congo. A final peace deal with the Rwanda-backed M23 is set ...