Kinshasa says Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have killed 1,500 civilians despite a US-brokered ceasefire, as fresh clashes erupt near Uvira and tensions spill into Burundi.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been ravaged by what is aptly described as a “forgotten war” spanning more than three decades. In June, US President Donald Trump decided it was time to silence the guns. The signing of a peace deal between the DRC and Rwanda at the White House in June was momentous.

As the Democratic Republic of the Congo faces continued violence, social media users are using the phrase “All Eyes on Congo” to draw attention to the country’s decades-long conflict—as similar posts focusing on the Gaza Strip city of Rafah rack up ...

Cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be able to roll last year’s export quotas into 2026 as delays in setting up new procedures prevented shipments.

The ban was initially designed to stabilise the market and stem falling prices due to global oversupply, according to the Congolese government.

Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended artisanal copper and cobalt mineral processing, according to a decree seen by Reuters, in an effort to improve transparency and prevent illegal exports, a pervasive problem in the mineral-rich nation.

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The ongoing outbreak is now the world's second largest. The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's volatile east is now the second largest ever in recorded history, with 426 confirmed and probable cases thus far, resulting in 245 ...

Michel Kuka Mboladinga stands completely immobile throughout his team’s games in a nod to a statue of Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.