Agence France-Presse on MSN

Protected forests under threat in DRC's lucrative mining belt

Valery Kyembo was leading an inspection of his community's protected forest reserve deep in the Democratic Republic of ...
Mongabay News on MSN

In the race for DRC’s critical minerals, community forests stand on the frontline

By Didier MakalLatoya Abulu LIKASI, Democratic Republic of Congo — North of the limits of the Lukutwe community forest concession, two armed soldiers stepped in front of Valery Kyembo and his visitors ...
Thomson Reuters Foundation

DRC's deadlock ? new dangers, new beginnings

Democratic Republic of Congo: In Kinshasa , the summit meeting of La Francophonie replete with heads of state, resounding speeches and ringing declarations; in the east, 2 million displaced people and ...
USA Today

Trump fumbles African leaders' names, jokes about 'killing each other'

During a multinational meeting aimed at solidifying a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Donald Trump joked about the two African nations "killing each ...
The Africa Report

Qatar enters Congo’s M23 conflict with a $21bn bet. Can it buy peace?

The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, arrived in Kinshasa on 21 November to military pomp and a carefully choreographed reception by President Félix Tshisekedi. It was the Qatari ...