Over 80 Congolese soldiers face court martial for desertion and faking combat against M23 rebels in eastern DRC, in one of the largest military prosecutions since the insurgency escalated.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has entered the global sovereign debt market with a bang. In a landmark transaction on April 9, 2026, the DRC became the first African country since 2019 to issue a debut eurobond, raising .25 billion from international investors in a sale that drew overwhelming demand and signaled a remarkable vote
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In the mist-shrouded hills of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the cycle of violence that has defined the region for three decades shows no sign of breaking. The M23 rebel movement — a Tutsi-led armed group that claims to fight for the rights of Congolese Tutsis but which Kinshasa and a growing body of international
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has called sweeping US sanctions “insults thrown in the face” of Kigali, as the peace agreement signed four months ago with DR Congo continues to unravel amid ongoing fighting in eastern Congo.
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, historically associated with oil fields stretching to the horizon, is running an acquisition campaign in Africa that would be the envy of any global mining major. At stake are not gold deposits or copper veins alone, but the precise minerals — cobalt, lithium, nickel, manganese, rare earth elements — that
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s military has launched a major disarmament and voluntary repatriation operation targeting the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Hutu rebel group that has operated on Congolese soil for three decades — in a campaign that regional observers say could be the best chance in a generation to
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