Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen recurrent armed conflict, ...

President Ramaphosa said that the SADC-East African community was working on securing a permanent ceasefire and getting ...

The upcoming talks in Doha mark the first direct negotiations between the DRC government and M23. This development follows ...

Rwanda’s foreign affairs ministry suspended all diplomatic relations with Belgium in March 2025. Soon afterwards, Belgium expelled Rwandan diplomats. This came weeks after Belgium had suspended ...

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.

The country has endured two civil wars between 1996 and 2002 ... experts also say it remains unclear how new US military equipment for the DRC would immediately change the course of the ongoing war, ...

Salama said the clemency decision was not made to placate the US, with whom the DRC has sought a minerals-for-security partnership. It comes as war rages in the country’s resource-rich eastern ...

Convicted war criminal Thomas Lubanga has announced the formation of a new rebel movement, called Convention for the Popular ...

The situation in eastern DRC continues to deteriorate, with M23 rebels gaining ground and diplomatic efforts failing to ...

Massad Boulos, Trumps new Senior Advisor for Africa and father-in-law to daughter Tiffany Trump, kicks starts his first ...