A USAID official escaped violence in Congo. He returned home to a different crisis
USAID staffer Kenneth Bledsoe and his family had to be evacuated to safety from the Congo -- only to return home to find Elon Musk leading the dismantling of the agency.
Congo and M23 rebel group will hold peace talks on Tuesday, mediator Angola says
Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed rebels advanced and took control of the strategic eastern Congo city of Goma. In ...
US open to minerals partnerships with Democratic Republic of Congo
Congo, which is rich in cobalt, lithium and uranium, has been fighting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels that seized swathes of its ...
Islamic State-linked rebels in fresh attack in eastern Congo kill 9 villagers
Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly ... The ...
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Clashes continue in eastern Congo days after attack on civilians left many dead
M23 rebels seize Nyabiondo amid ongoing clashes Pro-government militia switches sides to join M23 alliance US says it is open to minerals partnership with Congo March 9 (Reuters) - Fighting ...
'They killed all these young people' - BBC investigates alleged massacre in rebel-held Congolese city
The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...
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How China has been playing the long game, quietly building its global reserves in critical minerals
Report by AidData, a research lab at US's College of William and Mary, shows China has financed forays into a number of ...
How foreign aid cuts are setting the stage for disease outbreaks
U.S.-funded organizations helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and ...
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Congo's president says he'll create a unity government as violence spreads
(AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's president says he is going to launch a unity government as violence spreads across the country's east and pressure mounts over his ...
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G7 Foreign Ministers denounce Venezuela’s incursion of Guyana’s EEZ
FOREIGN Ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries, on Friday, denounced Venezuela’s recent incursion of Guyana’s ...
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Akamwesi: The highs and lows of building a property empire
When Fred Kamunyu, then 35, visited his sister in 2002 in Kikoni, Makerere, he was shocked at the dilapidated state of the ...
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Republic of Congo - IMF Executive Board Concludes the Sixth Review of the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Approves US$43 million Disbursement
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the sixth and final review of the Republic of Congo’s arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), which was ...