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.

Despite the risks from deadly armed groups roaming the countryside, Judith Kahindo walks alone every day to her isolated cocoa plantation in the war-torn North Kivu region of the eastern Democratic ...

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has recently accused him of sponsoring the M23 rebels who have seized east Congo's two biggest cities since January. Kabila has also reached out to opposition politicians and civil society members ...

Tension mounts in South Sudan as power deal between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar unravels.

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armed conflict or even civil war.” Mr Kabila was referring to the Southern African Development Community, which deployed a mission the Congo known by its acronym SamiDRC. It was deployed in December ...

Direct peace talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels will begin in the Angolan capital on March 18, ...

Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly ...

But, for decades, Sudan's gum arabic industry has "faced political instability, civil conflicts and economic challenges". Since the start of the current war, exports have been "severely affected".

African leaders have announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi, who were sent to ...

The United States is open to exploring critical minerals partnerships with Congo, the State Department said in a statement to Reuters on Sunday, after a Congolese senator contacted U.S. officials ...