The United States has pushed for a deal that would ensure the reopening of a major tin mine in war-hit eastern Congo, four sources briefed on the negotiations told Reuters. Alphamin Resources said in ...

A Trump administration official says the United States is talking with conflict-plagued Congo about developing its mineral ...

A Trump administration official says the United States is in talks with conflict-plagued Congo on developing its mineral ...

The latest round of conflict escalated in December 2024 after ... including 3.8 million in North and South Kivu provinces in the east of the country. Nearly 780,000 people were forced to flee ...

forcing hundreds of thousands of people throughout the province of North Kivu to flee. Yet another casualty has received less attention: the environment. The conflict is exacerbating deforestation ...

are still deployed in North Kivu and Ituri. Prior to the escalation of the conflict in January, MONUSCO and the Congolese Government were continuing discussions on a "gradual and responsible ...

On Monday, the conflict flared up again, with rebels reneging on a pledge to withdraw from the strategic town of Walikale in North Kivu province. Muhindo Tafuteni, a local civil society activist ...

The conflict in the east of the DRC escalated in late January 2025 when the rebel group took Goma, the capital of North Kivu, and Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu, both bordering Rwanda ...

The situation is particularly dire in the conflict-affected eastern provinces ... in the eastern part of the country. In North Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri, violence has uprooted tens of thousands ...

The conflict has created one of the world’s largest ... accounts for the majority of tin exports from North Kivu province.———Banchereau reported from Dakar, Senegal. A Trump administration ...