Left to right: DRC Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba ... linked to the control of natural resources in the region. A few weeks later, South Kasai followed suit. Kalonji proclaimed the independence ...

Brits have been warned that the Foreign Office is advised against “all but essential travel” to 21 countries. Venturing to ...

Soon Katanga and South Kasai regions declared secession with support ... The war also caused a massive humanitarian crisis across the region. It displaced over four million people within the DRC and ...

In the DRC, ANAPAC has mapped 53,882 hectares in Madi-Ndombe, Kasai, and Sankuru provinces in Mpembe ... Director of the National Forestry Corporation (CONAF) for the Region of La Araucanía, signing ...

The announcement has sparked public debate in the DRC, with an M23 official celebrating that Kabila’s decision to return through the east was a sign that the region and Goma ... a former governor of ...

On 23 April 2025, delegations from Kinshasa and rebel group M23’s political affiliate, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), declared ...

The two sides said they had “agreed to work towards the conclusion of a truce” in the conflict, which has seen the M23 seize key cities in the violence-battered region. More than six truces ...

The main mines exploiting coltan in the Great Lakes region of central Africa are found in the Rubaya area of eastern DRC. In February, Rwandan-backed armed group M23 conquered the region ...

While the fragile truce in DRC is still subject to further talks, Kabila has made no secret of his ambitions to participate in the peace efforts. "He was head of state for 18 years.

The DRC has vast reserves of lithium and cobalt and other minerals, especially in the east. This has led to several rebellions and clashes over control of the region. The ethnic Tutsi-led M23 rebel ...

with whom the DRC has sought a minerals-for-security partnership. It comes as war rages in the country’s resource-rich eastern region between government forces and a Rwanda-backed rebel group.