President Tshisekedi, visiting American senior advisor, discuss minerals-for-security deal COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME ...

A pro-government militia in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recovered an EOS C unmanned aerial vehicle made by Estonian company Threod Systems. A UAV with EOS C written ...

Violence since 2022 has displaced around seven million people in the eastern DRC – one of the highest numbers globally. Three ...

In 2023 the ethnic militia that controls Wa state in the north-east, which is the source of most Burmese tin, suspended ...

As Angola steps back from its role as mediator in the DRC's conflict, peace efforts face new uncertainties. Challenges such ...

In 2024, the DRC government called for MONUSCO to leave the country because civilians in eastern Congo claimed the U.N. force was failing to protect them from murderous militias. The most effective ...

Like Ukraine, the DRC needs security partners to win its war against the M23 and more than 100 other armed groups that have control of lucrative mines throughout the country. The resource-rich ...

Donald Trump has been offered a minerals-for-security deal by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), providing access to materials needed by America’s tech industry in return for help to defeat M23 ...

Rebel group M23 levies taxes on mining in the DRC. It generates income of about $800 000 in revenue ... seem happy to have relative security while at their underground office. Pro-Kinshasa militia ...

Today, illegal mining and smuggling from the DRC ... Kabila also enlisted the help of Hutu militia groups in eastern DRC, deepening ethnic tensions with Congolese Tutsis who are perceived ...

The fighting follows clashes last week between M23 and a pro-Congolese government militia in the village ... year also gives it scope to acquire more mining revenue, analysts say.