The focus of the talks is the development of Congo’s vast mineral wealth, in line with President Tshisekedi’s vision for a safer and more stable country. Massad Boulos, President Trump’s ...

The election is taking place against a backdrop of violence in the east of the country. Congolese soldiers and Rwanda-backed rebels, the M23, have been battling in eastern Congo with increasing ...

During the two Congo wars, from 1996-2003 the country was at the centre of what some observers call "Africa's world war", with widespread civilian suffering. The war claimed an up to six million ...

The eastern part of the country was also home ... “That will shape how the M23 insurgency is going to unfold from now on.” Congo’s president, Felix Tshisekedi, has urged young Congolese ...

Joseph Kabila's camp denies any ties to the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who have seized more territory than ever since January.

Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has sought out a deal with the Trump administration, offering mineral access in return for ...

Mobutu ran the country into the ground. His successor, Laurent Kabila, was also installed by foreign powers. He ruled through the first and second Congo Wars until he was assassinated in 2001.

But Congo remains the true prize. The impoverished and unstable country has staggering mineral wealth, with some of its richest deposits concentrated around Kolwezi. More than 70% of the world's ...

Sponsor Message The country has never fully recovered. Militia conflict endures in the mineral-rich east, and Congo also remains one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the world.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's mining unit wants to buy three of the Khazakh miner's assets in the country and has funds ... buy some assets of ERG in good shape or not, it doesn't matter ...

RUBAYA, Congo (AP) — Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, at the artisanal Rubaya mining site, hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a key mineral crucial for producing ...