DR Congo to receive ‘third-country’ deportees from the US under new deal
DRC gov’t says deportees will begin to arrive this month, under a ‘temporary’ arrangment paid for by the US.
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US sanctions Rwandan army and top officials for supporting M23 in DRC
Kinshasa welcomed the sanctions while Kigali said the US move ‘unjustly’ targets Rwanda.
Mass graves with 171 bodies found in eastern DR Congo: Report
A local governor says authorities found two mass graves in the outskirts of the eastern city of Uvira.
Hundreds return from Burundi to DRC as border shut by M23 fighting reopens
More than 90,000 Congolese fled across the border after M23 stormed in and took control of Uvira nearly 3 months ago.
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AU summit tackles climate change and Somaliland tensions
Heads of state are arriving in Addis Ababa for the 2026 African Union Summit, with a water-focused theme centred on clim
Published On 13 Feb 2026
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Survivor of deadly mine collapse in DR Congo recounts rescue
A Congolese miner told Global News Insight he saw his friends around him die as the mine they were working in collapsed.
Published On 6 Feb 2026
‘I came back from the dead’: 21 hours underground after DRC mine collapse
In mineral-rich Rubaya, source of most of the world’s coltan, miners suffer poverty and dangerous working conditions.
‘We are exploited’: Congolese fear losing out as US makes minerals deals
As officials meet in Washington to discuss critical minerals, many in DRC fear their country will gain little.
More than 200 killed in mine collapse in eastern DR Congo
The mine has been under the control of the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group since 2024.
Banks shut, futures uncertain one year after M23 rebels seized DRC’s Goma
A year since the M23’s lightning offensive led to the fall of North Kivu’s capital, residents struggle to make a living.
Belgium’s Lumumba case raises a question Africa still avoids
Much of postcolonial Africa still fails to confront the political vision for which Patrice Lumumba was eliminated.
