Congo’s FX Reserves Fuel Currency’s 29% Rally to No.1 Spot in Africa

A surge in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s foreign-currency holdings and a shift in central-bank policy have fueled an ...

Bomb explosion kills over 30 in eastern Congo after army clashes with pro-government militia

A bomb explosion has killed more than 30 people and wounded 20 others in eastern Congo. The blast followed a clash between ...
Democracy Now

Trump Eyes Congo’s “Incredible Mineral Riches” as Armed Conflict Devastates Region

President Trump’s Africa envoy Massad Boulos has finished a tour of several East African nations, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he discussed a peace deal that could ...
USA Today

Trump announces another peace deal, this one in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump has announced an accord between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda that the administration hopes will lead to peace in the African nation and ...
Global Voices Online

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Despair grows in M23-controlled Goma

As light rain fell in Goma on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, all was quiet in the slum neighborhood of Birere. The streets, once bustling with retailers, motorcycle taxis, Chukudus (two-wheeled handmade ...
KSMU

In DR Congo, exhibit reveals nostalgia for former dictator Mobutu

Nostalgia is rising in Congo for Mobutu Sese Seko — the kleptocratic strongman as a new museum exhibit glorifying him draws ...
Consilium

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Council prolongs individual sanctions by another year

The Council renewed restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for another year, until 12 December 2026.