M23 rebels withdraw from planned talks with Congo government, citing international sanctions
The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east say they have withdrawn from planned peace talks ...
The Christian Science Monitor11h
Congo’s wars uprooted her life. But they couldn’t silence her poetry.
What does war look like from the inside? Ask Congo’s young slam poets.
Al Jazeera English5d
‘People need a break’: DRC conflict reignites dark memories of Congo wars
In parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), communities are gearing up for war or fleeing to safety amid the advance of M23 rebels, who captured the key eastern cities of Goma and ...
Congo's mineral offer to US raises questions of ownership amid bloody civil war, major China presence
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.
Fighting in Congo has killed 7,000 since January, DRC prime minister says
Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the prime minister of the DRC told a high-level meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on ...
The Guardian Nigeria3d
DR Congo conflict forces halt at world’s 3rd biggest tin mine
It said it would monitor events "with a view to moving personnel back to the mine site and resuming operations when it ...
Mining8d
US, Congo in ‘exploratory talks’ over minerals deal: FT
The United States is holding “exploratory talks” with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over a deal that would give it access to the African nation’s critical minerals in exchange for ...
Accounts of child survivors shed light on surge of rape and sexual violence in conflict-torn DRC
Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. She would become one of many ...