The US-brokered deal gives Trump a symbolic victory — and opens the door for significant American commercial interests in one of the world’s most mineral-rich regions. US President Donald Trump on Thursday (December 4) hosted the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda for the signing of a US-brokered agreement aimed at…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decadeslong deadly fighting in eastern Congo while helping the U.S. government and American companies gain access to critical minerals in the region. “Today, the violence and destruction comes to an end,…
The United States Embassy in the Democratic Republic of Congo is reportedly among several missions targeted by protesters amid growing anger at a rebel assault in the east of the former French colony. Protesters burned tires and threw stones in front of the U.S. Embassy’s main compound in the capital, Kinshasa, The New York Times…
LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – More than 4,600 asylum seekers have arrived in Britain on small boats so far in 2024, a record total for the first three months of the year and giving Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a fresh political headache. Provisional data from the Home Office, or interior ministry, showed on Wednesday that…
KINSHASA, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Police in Democratic Republic of Congo fired tear gas on Monday to disperse protesters who burned tyres and U.S. and Belgian flags near Western embassies and U.N. offices in the capital Kinshasa, angry about insecurity in eastern Congo. The protesters, seizing on a new tactic by targeting embassies, say the…
Rwanda government has confirmed that it shot a warplane belonging to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for violating its airspace. On Tuesday, a video circulated of a projectile shooting a Sukhoi-25 fighter plane. Other videos and pictures also circulated of Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers putting off the fire…
The proposed legislation will go back to the Commons, where ministers could be forced to make concessions to get the controversial bill passed. The UK government’s controversial Nationality and Borders Bill faced another slew of defeats in the House of Lords on Monday, with ten losses. Peers stripped away clauses that sought to differentiate asylum…
Congolese residents of Goma flee from Mount Nyiragongo volcano as it erupts over Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo Saturday evening. File Photo by Kinsella Cunningham/EPA-EFE Congolese residents of Goma arrive in Rwanda Sunday after fleeing from Mount Nyiragongo volcano as it erupted over Goma. Photo by Eugene Uwimana/EPA-EFE Congolese residents of Goma arrive in…