Congo

Israeli-American businessman Moti Kahana holds a flag during a mission to evacuate 200 Jews in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, March, 2022, in this handout picture released to Reuters July 10, 2025. Photo: GDC Inc./Handout via REUTERS
Africa

How a US mission to push a Trump deal in Congo unravelled

The three envoys had come with an offer from Washington: release three American prisoners on death row and, in return, President Donald Trump will accept your minerals-for-security proposal

Hundreds of reclusive African elephants visit Dzanga Bai every day, making it a breathtaking experience. Photo: Collected
Explorer

Dzanga Bai: A sacred clearing in a wounded world

Members of the M23 rebel group stand guard as people attend a rally addressed by Corneille Nangaa, Congolese rebel leader and coordinator of the AFC-M23 movement, in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo February 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Victoire Mukenge/File Photo
Africa

Rwanda exercises command and control over M23 rebels: UN experts

US President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance meet Democratic Republic of the Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner and Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington DC, June 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
USA

Rwanda, Congo sign peace deal in US to end fighting, attract investment

Members of the M23 rebel group stand guard as people attend a rally addressed by Corneille Nangaa, Congolese rebel leader and coordinator of the AFC-M23 movement, in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo February 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Victoire Mukenge/File Photo
Africa

Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo executed civilians: Human Rights Watch

A labourer carries a sack of ore at the Rubaya coltan mine, in the town of Rubaya, which is controlled by M23 rebels, in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo March 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo
Africa

Congo eyes US minerals deal by end of June: FT

US President Donald Trump's Senior Advisor for Africa Massad Boulos addresses a press conference at the US Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda April 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo
Africa

Congo and Rwanda submit draft peace proposal: Trump adviser

Death toll from a boat capsizing in Congo earlier this week rises to 148: officials
Africa

Death toll from a boat capsizing in Congo earlier this week rises to 148: officials

Members of the M23 rebel group stand guard as people attend a rally addressed by Corneille Nangaa, Congolese rebel leader and coordinator of the AFC-M23 movement, in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo February 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS//File Photo
Africa

Congo, M23 rebels hold first talks after months of conflict

Members of the M23 rebel group stand guard as people attend a rally addressed by Corneille Nangaa, Congolese rebel leader and coordinator of the AFC-M23 movement, in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo February 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Victoire Mukenge/File Photo
Africa

Congo M23 rebels say they will withdraw from seized town to support peace push

M23 rebels sit on a truck during the escort of captured FDLR members (not pictured) to Rwanda for repatriation, at the Goma-Gisenyi Grande Barrier border crossing, March 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo
Africa

Congo says it will join peace talks with Rwanda-backed rebels on Tuesday

M23 rebels stand guard during a meeting in Democratic Republic of Congo, February 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo
Africa

Congo rebels promise security in Bukavu after looting

One of several people in military clothing speaks to a gathered crowd in Katana, near Kavumu airport, Democratic Republic of Congo, as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have captured the town, according to an M23 source, a resident and a civil society leader, in this still image obtained from a social media video released on February 14, 2025. Photo: Social media/via REUTERS/ File Photo
Africa

M23 rebels advance into eastern Congo's strategic city of Bukavu