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Tshisekedi family faces mine looting complaint in Brussels
Belga News Agency
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July 8, 2025
A complaint was filed in Brussels on Tuesday against nine family members of Félix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, La Libre reports. They stand accused of looting mines in the southern provinces of Lualaba and Upper...
Critical situation of displaced people in DRC
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 5, 2025
Lemarquis expressed deep concern about the insufficient humanitarian aid provided to populations affected by various crises in the country, where many intervention programs have been paralyzed. In an interview with Radio Okapi, the coordinator...
Cobalt Prices Spike After Democratic Republic of Congo Extends Export Ban
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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June 23, 2025
Cobalt prices have climbed sharply after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the world’s dominant supplier, extended its ban on cobalt concentrate exports, first imposed in February. The sudden extension is expected to remove over 100,000...
Uruguay to maintain Blue Helmets on UN Mission in the DRC
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 5, 2025
This was expressed after welcoming, along with President Yamandú Orsi, 200 of these troops and bidding farewell to the replacement. The returning soldiers are part of the Uruguay IV Battalion, which experienced difficult times last year. They have...
Kwibohora 31: President Kagame Speaks Out on Rwanda-DRC–US Agreement, Slams UN Reports on Eastern Congo Conflict
KT Press Rwanda
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July 4, 2025
2 President Kagame for the first time shared his thought on the peace deal signed between Rwanda, DRC and the U.S. President Paul Kagame has weighed in on the recent minerals and security cooperation agreement involving the United States, the...
Media reports ‘drunken’ Congolese soldier kills colleagues in altercation
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN) A soldier in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s armed forces, reportedly intoxicated, fatally shot at least five comrades, local media report. The incident took place Tuesday morning in Mungazi, North Kivu province, a region long troubled...
UN report reveals involvement of Russian-linked firm in DRC's illicit mineral trade
Business Insider Africa
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July 4, 2025
Reuters reports that the allegation against the mining company marks the first time the United Nations has named an entity allegedly complicit in trafficking minerals looted from the Democratic Republic of Congo since M23 insurgents seized key...
Major Rwandan coltan exporter bought smuggled DRC minerals: UN
Times LIVE
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Mineral trade helps finance M23 rebels, says report 04 July 2025 - 16:00 By Reade Levinson, DAVID LEWIS and Sonia Rolley Rwandan company Boss Mining Solution bought minerals smuggled from rebel-held areas of neighbouring Democratic Republic of...
US firm to build $1.5bn Angola to DRC power line
African Business
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July 4, 2025
Angola’s government has tapped Hydro-Link, a firm owned by US-based Symbion Power, to lead the construction of a new $1.5bn power transmission line that will supply electricity to neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The privately...
Paul Kagame casts doubt on peace agreement with DRC, questions regional leadership and avoids domestic accountability
The Rwandan
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July 4, 2025
KIGALI, July 4, 2025 — Speaking to the press for the first time in weeks, Rwandan President Paul Kagame used the 31st anniversary of the Rwandan Patriotic Front’s (RPF) rise to power to deliver a calculated message: his government will comply with...
Fragile peace in Eastern DRC as M23 reacts cautiously to Kinshasa-Kigali acccord
Africanews
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July 4, 2025
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, hopes for lasting peace remain fragile amid ongoing violence and stalled negotiations. The M23 rebel group, which controls significant territory in North Kivu, responded cautiously to a June 27 peace...
Relief operation of DRC Uruguayan blue helmets underway
MercoPress
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Friday, July 4th 2025 - 09:45 UTC Some 200 troops are arriving at Carrasco on a chartered Ethiopian Airlines flight from Rwanda (Pic Ejercito de Uruguay) Uruguay is carrying out on Friday a troop relief operation for its United Nations...
West Pokot launches vetting of foreign nationals amid cannibalism probe
TV47
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July 8, 2025
The West Pokot County Security Committee has announced commencement of a thorough vetting process for foreign nationals from Burundi, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Wagisu community of Uganda, following chilling revelations...
DRC celebrates National Ice Cream Month
The Derby Informer - Kansas
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The DRC will host a pair of Ice Cream days to celebrate National Ice Cream Month. On July 12, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Warren Riverview Park (321 W. Market St.), ice cream floats will be available. The second Ice Cream Day will be held in...
M23 Rebels Demand Own Deal Despite DRC-Rwanda Peace Pact
News Central TV
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July 3, 2025
The M23 rebel group said on Thursday it intends to continue negotiations with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), arguing that key issues were left unaddressed in the recent peace deal signed in Washington between Kinshasa and Kigali. Last...
Democratic Republic of Congo Supports Sierra Leone with 75,000 Mpox Vaccines
Sierraloaded
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June 19, 2025
The Government of Sierra Leone, through the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, has received a donation of 75,000 mpox vaccines from the Democratic Republic of Congo. This gesture of solidarity marks a significant effort in the fight against the...
Delegation for 7.8.25: Oh, snap! — big, beautiful — transients — LEOs — ‘Alcatraz’
Florida Politics
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July 8, 2025
Snapper season oversight Florida sets the dates for red snapper season in the Gulf of Mexico, but the federal government dictates when Atlantic fishermen can reel in their catch. Members of the Florida congressional delegation want to revisit...
Rwanda president unsure if DRC peace deal will hold, warns against ‘tricks’
Al Jazeera
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July 4, 2025
Paul Kagame gives cautious welcome to US-brokered agreement, but says success depends on goodwill from warring parties. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has cautiously welcomed a United States-brokered peace deal with the Democratic Republic of the...
DRC : a military drone shoots down a humanitarian plane in Minembwe – AFC denounces a “war crime” against the Banyamulenge
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, July 1, 2025 — A civilian plane carrying medicines was shot down by a Congolese military drone as it approached the Kiziba airstrip (Minembwe), in Fizi territory, South Kivu province. The incident, which occurred on...
DRC: Peace deal with Rwanda fails to address serious crimes committed in eastern DRC
Amnesty International
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July 1, 2025
The recent peace agreement signed between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda fails to address justice for the victims of serious crimes by not including any provisions aimed at holding their perpetrators to account, Amnesty...