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1 week, 2 days ago

Rwanda, DR Congo peace talks hit snag as mediator Angola calls off meeting

DRC presidency says talks had hit deadlock over a Rwandan demand that the DRC hold direct dialogue with M23. Angolan President Joao Lourenco – the African Union mediator to end the conflict – was meeting alone with DRC leader Felix Tshisekedi, Jorge said. Rwanda’s foreign ministry said that a lack of consensus over direct talks between the DRC and a …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

China Railway Resources to hike investments in DRC

China Daily

As collaboration between China and African countries presents vast opportunities, China Railway Resources Group is planning to strengthen cooperation with partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior company executive said. "We will continue to leverage our advantages, technology and management to boost mutual development, engage in broader and deeper cooperation with companies in the DRC, and play a …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

What is behind Rwanda’s election outcome?

The Hindu

The story so far: On July 15, Rwanda held its fourth presidential election since the 1994 Tutsi genocide. Partial results released by Rwanda’s National Electoral Commission reveal overwhelming support for President Paul Kagame. According to the South African Broadcasting Corporation and Al Jazeera, Rwanda’s impressive development record under Kagame was crucial in the 2024 elections, attracting young and first-time voters …

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5 months ago

In DRC’s Ituri, women coffee farmers wrestle with an uncertain future

Al Jazeera

Local cooperatives are stepping in to support vulnerable farmers, mostly women, struggling in conflict-ridden eastern DRC. Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Early each morning, 50-year-old Kavira Matsetse walks for two hours to reach her coffee plantation in Biakato, in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri province. The conflict has also made it difficult to gauge the exact …

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5 months, 1 week ago

As Rwanda votes, tensions with neighbouring DR Congo deepen over M23

Al Jazeera

As Rwandans go to the polls for presidential and legislative elections, some 9.7 million people are voting in an atmosphere of peace and stability. According to the UN expert group report, 3,000 to 4,000 Rwanda Defence Force members are fighting alongside the M23 in DRC. Government spokesperson Yolanda Makolo did not outrightly deny RDF’s presence in the DRC while speaking …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Uganda backed M23 in DRC, Rwanda’s ‘de facto control’ on group: UN experts

Al Jazeera

The United Nations report says the Ugandan army supported the rebels while some 3,000-4,000 Rwandan soldiers fought alongside them in the eastern DRC. The UN Security Council’s group of experts on Monday also said some 3,000-4,000 Rwandan soldiers fought alongside M23 rebels in eastern DRC and that Kigali had “de facto control” of the group’s operations. “Since the resurgence of …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

ADF rebels kill at least 50 civilians in eastern DRC: local media

China Daily

KINSHASA -- Recent deadly attacks attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces rebels have resulted in the deaths of at least 50 civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, local media reported on Saturday, citing local officials. According to local sources, the ADF carried out two overnight assaults in the Beni region of North Kivu province, killing at least …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

At least 12 killed in bomb attacks on eastern DR Congo displacement camps

Al Jazeera

Congolese government, US blame Rwandan army and M23 rebel group for targeting camps where thousands are seeking refuge. At least 12 people, including children, have been killed in twin bomb blasts that hit two camps for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to government officials, the United Nations and an aid group. Government spokesperson Yolande Makolo …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. court sides with Apple, Tesla, other tech companies over child labour in Africa

The Hindu

A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to hold five major technology companies liable over their alleged support for the use of child labor in cobalt mining operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The plaintiffs accused the five companies of joining suppliers in a "forced labour" venture by purchasing cobalt, which is used to make lithium-ion batteries that …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Could a Southern African military force help bring stability to DRC?

Al Jazeera

South Africa is deploying thousands of troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help the country resist rebel attacks which are driving one of Africa’s most serious humanitarian crises. On Wednesday, the South African government said that 2,900 SANDF soldiers were being mobilised for its part in a regional push by the South African Development Community to support DRC’s …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Burundi closes border with Rwanda in latest East Africa row

Al Jazeera

The Rwandan government says Burundi had decided to shut its border with the East African nation, weeks after its president accused Kigali of hosting a rebel group. In late December, Burundi’s president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, accused Rwanda of hosting and training the Red Tabara rebel group, which claimed responsibility for an attack near Burundi’s western border with the Democratic Republic of …

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1 year ago

Rebel attack in western Burundi kills at least 20

Al Jazeera

It is the second attack in two weeks by the RED-Tabara rebels, who have been largely inactive inside Burundi since 2021. The RED-Tabara rebel group, which has been battling Burundi’s government from bases in the eastern DRC since 2015, claimed on the social media platform X to have killed nine soldiers and one police officer. Witnesses who spoke to the …

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1 year ago

Conflict-weary DR Congo votes on December 20: A guide to the election

Al Jazeera

As the mineral-rich DR Congo prepares to vote for a new president this December, opponents are already crying foul. “The Congolese state is still riven with corruption and he hasn’t done anything visible or immediately obvious to tackle it,” says Richard Moncrieff, a consultant with the International Crisis Group. Barred from standing in the last election because of his mixed …

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1 year ago

Unease, uncertainty for displaced people in DR Congo ahead of Dec 20 vote

Al Jazeera

Conflict and insecurity have dominated campaign discourse in the DRC and could stop displaced people from voting. “Now, we are starving.” Al Jazeera could not independently verify this incident, but it is consistent with reports of ongoing violence in Congo’s besieged east, and within Virunga National Park itself. Onesphore Sematumba, an analyst at the International Crisis Group, said the government, …

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1 year, 5 months ago

DR Congo signs $1.9 billion mining deal with UAE

The Hindu

The United Arab Emirates signed a $1.9-billion deal with a state mining company in DR Congo to develop at least four mines in the African country's turbulent east, the Congolese presidency said Monday. Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi's office stated on Monday evening that an Emirati government delegation had signed a partnership worth $1.9 billion with Societe Aurifere du Kivu et …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Civilians pay heavy price of worsening conflict in east DRC: UN

Al Jazeera

Escalating violence forced nearly 300,000 people to flee Rutshuru and Masisi territories of North Kivu province last month, UNHCR says. UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh said on Friday the violence had prompted nearly 300,000 people to flee across the Rutshuru and Masisi territories of the DRC’s North Kivu province in February. Expressing “great alarm”, Saltmarsh said the UNHCR and its partners …

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1 year, 10 months ago

One peacekeeper killed in DRC after UN chopper comes under fire

Al Jazeera

Sunday’s incident comes a day after leaders of the East African Community held a summit on the DRC crisis, in Burundi. A United Nations peacekeeper has been killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo when a helicopter operated by the peacekeeping force came under fire midair on Sunday, the UN mission called MONUSCO said. Eight peacekeepers were killed …

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1 year, 10 months ago

East African leaders urge ceasefire in eastern DR Congo

Al Jazeera

The call came after leaders of the East African Community held a summit in Burundi on Saturday. East African regional leaders have renewed their call for an immediate ceasefire by all sides in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that pits the country’s military against a rebel group that the government has accused Rwanda of supporting. At a …

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1 year, 11 months ago

UN internal report flags rebels flouting ceasefire in eastern DRC

Al Jazeera

There is uncertainty about the status of the conflict in parts of east DRC, although M23 rebels agreed to a ceasefire. United Nations intelligence analysts have spotted suspected movements by M23 rebels in parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo from which they were meant to have withdrawn, internal UN documents show. “Their total withdrawal from the area …

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1 year, 11 months ago

EU calls on Rwanda to stop supporting M23 rebels in DR Congo

Al Jazeera

The bloc’s comments came after UN experts’ report found ‘direct intervention’ by Rwandan forces inside the DR Congo. The European Union has urged Rwanda to stop supporting the M23 rebel group, which has captured swaths of territory in North Kivu province in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Saturday said the European …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Early voter registration in DRC marred by kit shortages

Al Jazeera

The elections are scheduled for December 2023, despite spiralling insecurity in the east, spearheaded by the M23 rebels. Almost 50 million people across the vast Central African nation’s 26 provinces are expected to register to vote over the next three months.nHowever, registration opened in the first 10 provinces on Saturday morning to long lines and undersupplied stations. They should have …

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2 years ago

M23 rebels pledge to retreat from key position in eastern DRC

Al Jazeera

Violence from the group has caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee in fear from the DRC’s volatile east region. The M23 rebel group, who have seized swaths of territory in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have pledged to retreat from a strategic front-line position. In a statement on Friday, the rebels announced that it …

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2 years ago

Countries seal deal to protect nature despite DRC objection

Al Jazeera

As part of the agreement, countries committed to protect 30 percent of land and water considered important for biodiversity by 2030. Countries have reached a landmark agreement at a marathon United Nations biodiversity summit to protect the world’s land and oceans and provide critical financing to save biodiversity in the developing world despite objections from some African countries. “This puts …

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2 years ago

M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians in eastern DRC, UN says

Al Jazeera

Victims were ‘arbitrarily executed’ during a massacre in two villages in North Kivu in late November, a preliminary investigation has found. M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo late last month as part of a campaign of murder, rape, kidnapping and looting, the United Nations has said. In a preliminary investigation released on …

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Rwanda, DR Congo peace talks hit snag as mediator Angola calls off meeting

China Railway Resources to hike investments in DRC

What is behind Rwanda’s election outcome?

In DRC’s Ituri, women coffee farmers wrestle with an uncertain future

As Rwanda votes, tensions with neighbouring DR Congo deepen over M23

Uganda backed M23 in DRC, Rwanda’s ‘de facto control’ on group: UN experts

ADF rebels kill at least 50 civilians in eastern DRC: local media

At least 12 killed in bomb attacks on eastern DR Congo displacement camps

U.S. court sides with Apple, Tesla, other tech companies over child labour in Africa

Could a Southern African military force help bring stability to DRC?

Burundi closes border with Rwanda in latest East Africa row

Rebel attack in western Burundi kills at least 20

Conflict-weary DR Congo votes on December 20: A guide to the election

Unease, uncertainty for displaced people in DR Congo ahead of Dec 20 vote

DR Congo signs $1.9 billion mining deal with UAE

Civilians pay heavy price of worsening conflict in east DRC: UN

One peacekeeper killed in DRC after UN chopper comes under fire

East African leaders urge ceasefire in eastern DR Congo

UN internal report flags rebels flouting ceasefire in eastern DRC

EU calls on Rwanda to stop supporting M23 rebels in DR Congo

Early voter registration in DRC marred by kit shortages

M23 rebels pledge to retreat from key position in eastern DRC

Countries seal deal to protect nature despite DRC objection

M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians in eastern DRC, UN says