The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo passed a law in January 2025 to lead efforts to establish the largest ...

Framing M23’s rent-seeking as driven by acquisitive organised crime risks over-simplifying the deep-rooted complexities of conflict dynamics and weak governance in the region. Illicit taxation is the ...

Washington, DC: A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Calixte Ahokpossi, IMF Mission Chief for the DRC, visited Kinshasa from April 30 to May 13, to hold discussions on the ...

Congo's army on Saturday accused M23 of seizing the town of Lunyasenge on Lake Edward, according to Mak Hazukay, a spokesperson, who added that DRC "reserves the right to retaliate". The United ...

The human rights situation across the Democratic Republic of Congo remains dire, with internal conflicts and poor governance contributing to a severe food crisis and the internal displacement of 5 ...

Last month, Massad Boulos, President Trump's senior adviser for Africa, said that the United States is in talks to invest billions of dollars in the mineral-rich Congo. The country boasts vast ...

In early 2025, the March 23 Movement (M23) armed group seized control of Goma and then Bukavu, two major cities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). M23’s advance and control in ...

Congo Ex-President Kabila Makes First Public ... learning about security challenges in the region and that political, administrative, military and civil society figures were invited to further ...

Picture: Michael Lunanga/AFP CAPE TOWN - Deputy Defence Minister Bantu Holomisa said that the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains fluid despite the phased withdrawal of ...

What’s happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo? People in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are affected by decades of conflict leading to outbreaks of preventable ...

These are the words that highlight the dramatic testimony sent to Fides from Goma, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that fell into the hands of the M23 rebels at the end of ...