[New Times] The head of the United Nations mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) arrived at Goma airport on Thursday, February 12, as part of efforts to support preparations for monitoring and verification of the ceasefire between DR Congo and the AFC/M23 re...

[New Times] The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, has warned that multiple ceasefire declarations to end conflict in eastern DR Congo "will be in vain" if the Congolese government does not show political...

[Daily Maverick] During a heated exchange at the Mining Indaba, Gwede Mantashe challenged the Democratic Republic of Congo's critical minerals agreement with the US, stressing the need for continental unity in Africa's resource management.

[New Times] The people of Minembwe have been subjected to regular mortar and kamikaze drone attacks for the past 16 months.

[New Times] Esperance Muhoza, 30, is among the 161 Rwandans who returned from eastern DR Congo on Tuesday, February 10, through the Grande Barrière border post in Rubavu District.

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[Crisis Group] Nairobi/Brussels -- Africa is beset by trouble at home while grasping for options in dealing with today's jumbled global order. The challenges to peace and security are many. This briefing identifies seven that should top the agenda as...

[UN News] South Africa has moved to withdraw its peacekeepers deployed at the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) after nearly three decades of service.

[New Times] On February 6, Congolese President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi honored Angolan journalist Hariana Verás with a Bible, presented by Ambassador Antoine Ghonda in Washington. Verás is known for her biased questions to US official...

[RFI] A minerals-for-security deal between the United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo is facing a constitutional challenge in Kinshasa, with critics warning the government may be underselling the country's vast mineral wealth. The partner...

[New Times] For several years, Kinshasa has repeatedly accused Rwanda of being responsible for insecurity in eastern DR Congo, often framed around allegations of mineral exploitation. This claim has been consistently advanced yet it fails to address ...

[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- Security in exchange for minerals. This is the "deal" between the United States government and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which forms the basis of the "U.S.-DRC Strategic Partnership Agreement" signed in Washington ...

[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- "US pressure has forced the M23 to withdraw from Uvira," local sources in the second largest city in South Kivu, which has been contested in recent weeks between Congolese armed forces and pro-Rwandan rebels, told Fides (s...

[State Department] Washington, DC -- The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, expresses his deepest concern and strongly condemns the drone attack carried out against Kisangani Airport, in eastern the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a...

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[New Times] The governor of North Kivu province in eastern DR Congo says the AFC/M23 administration has achieved in less than a year what President Felix Tshisekedi failed to deliver in eight years in power.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame has stressed that Rwanda's ambitions to become a mineral processing hub should not be a source of concern for anyone.

[UN News] The United Nations has welcomed signs of progress in talks aimed at reducing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame has said Rwanda cannot be responsible for DR Congo's problems when it has its own issues to deal with.

[New Times] The AFC/M23 has declared that the Congolese government's air superiority in eastern DR Congo is "over," announcing a new military posture it says is aimed at preventing further aerial attacks against civilians in the Hauts Plateaux of Sou...

[State Department] Washington, DC -- EDITORS NOTE: The African countries participating in the invitation-only Critical Minerals Ministerial - Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Morocco, Sierre Leone and Zambia. The United S...

[allAfrica] The Orion Critical Mineral Consortium (Orion CMC), led by the private equity fund created in October by Orion Resource Partners and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), is planning to acquire a 40% stake in two mi...

[The New Humanitarian] Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo -- "The world's decision-makers know nothing about what is happening in my country."

[HRW] President Tshisekedi's Trip to Washington Minerals Summit Chance to Revive Accords

[Global Witness] Global Witness is calling for businesses and governments to better consider the human cost of rare earth minerals, following the horrific mine disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo recently.

[U.S. Embassy Kinshasa] The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott:

[New Times] At the end of January 2026, a massive landslide struck the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern DR Congo, engulfing several hand-dug tunnels and killing more than 200 people, with dozens more injured.

[Nile Post] President Museveni on Tuesday met leaders of the African Union-East African Community-Southern African Development Community (AU-EAC-SADC) panel of facilitators tasked with supporting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) peace process, ...

[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- A tragedy caused by the "rampant and illegal exploitation of Congolese natural resources orchestrated by Rwanda and the M23/AFC." This is how the Ministry of Communications and Media of the Democratic Republic of Congo des...