The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is having “daily exchanges” with the United States government with the aim of securing a minerals-for-security deal, Congolese officials have told ...

The Southern African regional bloc has said it will conclude its troop deployment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), having decided on a “phased withdrawal”. Leaders from the 16 ...

"We terminated the mandate of SAMIDRC and directed the commencement of a phased withdrawal of SAMIDRC troops from the DRC," the regional bloc leaders said in a statement on Thursday. The decision came ...

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The European Union will reconsider its recent critical raw materials agreement with Rwanda in response to conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), High Representative Kaja ...

The statement was one of many in recent weeks coming from the United States, United Nations, the DRC and Human Rights Watch, among others, to accuse Rwanda of supporting Congo’s M23 rebels.

The 16-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an extraordinary summit to discuss the conflict in eastern DRC, held via video conference this week. The situation in the eastern ...

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is set to hold another extraordinary summit virtually on Thursday to discuss the security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

“The scale of sexual violence against children in eastern DRC is beyond a crisis – it is a tragedy. We are seeing an alarming increase in cases, not seen in years, with many young survivors ...

Under the revised terms, the DRC is supposed to receive $324 million (€312 million) annually for road infrastructure over a 20-year period. However, these payments are only guaranteed if copper ...

The Southern African country has been trying to mediate a lasting ceasefire and de-escalate tensions between the DRC and neighboring Rwanda, which has been accused of backing the Tutsi-led rebel ...