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Trump eyes DR Congo minerals
Independent (Uganda)
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April 6, 2025
Trump’s envoy meeting with the DRC cabinet over the minerals deal on April 3. (DRC Presidency) President Tshisekedi, visiting American senior advisor, discuss minerals-for-security deal COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | Finally, African countries know...
Travel + Leisure Readers Rank Minor Hotels Among the World’s Best in 2025 Awards
Africa.com
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July 14, 2025
African excellence recognised: Kilindi Zanzibar named continent’s top resort JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 14 July 2025-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Minor Hotels, a global hotel owner and operator with more than 560 properties across six...
Heavy floods in DR Congo’s Kinshasa leave dozens dead, destroy homes
Al Jazeera
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The capital struggles as the Ndjili River overflows, leaving drivers stranded, and infrastructure collapses. Heavy rains have triggered severe flooding from a key river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo capital Kinshasa, killing some 30...
Rapid Spread of Infectious Disease in the Congo Could be From Contaminated Water
Discover Magazine
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It sounded like the plot of a disaster movie: a mysterious disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) appeared to jump from a bat to three children who ate it. They died within two days of developing symptoms. Those symptoms included...
Familiarization Visit by Cabinet Secretary Hon. Aden Duale at the Ministry of Health
Africa.com
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March 28, 2025
Cabinet Secretary Hon. Aden Duale today, visited the Ministry of Health headquarters for a familiarization tour, where he held a brief meeting with outgoing CS Dr. Deborah Barasa. The visit follows the recent Cabinet reshuffle announced by H.E....
Congo's North Kivu province Governor dies of gunshot wounds
The Citizen
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The military governor of Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province has died from gunshot wounds suffered on the front line during an offensive by M23 rebels, the army said on Friday. The rebels are advancing on two fronts near the...
Death toll from flooding in Congo's capital reaches 33 as officials race to support victims
The Independent
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April 7, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Feature: In DR Congo's Rubaya, coltan is both boon and bane
Xinhua News Agency
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by Xinhua writers Shi Yu, Alain Uaykani RUBAYA, DR Congo, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Lying at the heart of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rubaya stands as a striking paradox. This bustling mining town, home to hundreds of thousands...
Congo provincial military governor dies in rebel offensive
The Straits Times
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January 24, 2025
The military governor of Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province has died from gunshot wounds suffered on the front line during an offensive by M23 rebels, the army said on Friday. The rebels are advancing on two fronts near the...
Religious leaders counsel victims, organize prayer gatherings amid violence in DR Congo
Religion News Service
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April 4, 2025
GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo (RNS) — Pastor Allan Ngwaba has been offering daily counseling sessions, both in churches and homes, to people affected by the violent conflict in the Congo. The professional counselor and pastor at Rivers...
Sanctions on Rwanda Will Worsen DRC Conflict – Civil Society
KT Press Rwanda
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March 18, 2025
1 At a previous event for civil society addressed.by former CEO of Rwanda Governance Board (RGB), De Uster Kayitesi. The Rwanda Civil Society Platform (RCSP) has expressed deep concern over the deteriorating security situation in the Democratic...
DR Congo: Government delegation reaffirms participation in negotiations in Luanda
Ver Angola
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"The Democratic-Congolese delegation is leaving Kinshasa for Luanda. We will respond to the invitation of the Angolan mediation," Tina Salama, spokesperson for the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, told AFP when...
United Nations (UN) experts urge immediate action to protect children against trafficking for recruitment and use in hostilities in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Africa.com
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March 26, 2025
UN human rights experts* today called for urgent measures to address grave violations against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid escalating hostilities in North and South Kivu provinces. “The recent surge in violence has...
DRC: Who is Corneille Nangaa, the man leading the M23 rebels?
Zambian Observer
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February 3, 2025
DRC: Who is Corneille Nangaa, the man leading the M23 rebels? By The Africa Report Former election-chief-turned-rebel-leader Corneille Nangaa has gone from overseeing Congo’s contested 2018 election to leading a powerful insurgency against the...
Congo war fears grow as M23 rebels approach Burundian forces in the east
The Globe and Mail
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January 31, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Members of the M23 rebel group gather to supervise Congolese potential recruits before being taken to training centres, in Goma, North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on Jan. 30.Arlette...
Three Americans have death sentences commuted in Congo...but now a lifetime of suffering begins
Daily Mail
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April 3, 2025
Three Americans have been spared the death penalty, but will spend the rest of their lives in a brutal prison in Congo after participating in a failed coup. Marcel Malanga, 21, Tyler Thompson Jr, 21, and Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, 36, had their...
EU sanctions Rwandan commanders over M23 in DR Congo
The Standard
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March 17, 2025
EU Flag. [Courtesy] The European Union sanctioned three of Rwanda's military commanders and the head of its state mining agency on Monday over its support for armed fighters in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Almost simultaneously,...
DRC unrest puts dent on regional trade
The Standard
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Armed men travel in a pickup truck, devoid of any insignia or markings, as they drive through a street in Goma on January 28, 2025. Gunshots rang out through parts of the besieged DR Congo city of Goma on January 28, 2025, as Congolese soldiers...
DRC's Goma on the brink as Rwanda-backed fighters take airpo...
Modern Ghana
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An armed group backed by Rwandan troops took control of the airport in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma on Tuesday, a security source said, dealing a major blow to Congolese forces and putting the regional capital on the brink of falling. The...
DRC’s Goma on the brink as Rwanda-backed fighters take airport
FOX 28 - Washington State
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January 28, 2025
An armed group backed by Rwandan troops took control of the airport in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma on Tuesday, a security source said, dealing a major blow to Congolese forces and putting the regional capital on the brink of falling. The...