An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives, and story summaries. The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo isn’t just killing people — it’s ...

The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo isn’t just killing people ... including Rutshuru, Rwindi and Masisi; in February 2025, the group pushed into Kahuzi-Biega, seizing areas adjacent ...

A record 27.7 million people are in the grip of acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amid ongoing conflict linked to massive displacement and rising food prices, global food ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have taken control of two major cities in eastern DR Congo in the past two months China's efforts to build up huge business interests across Africa have been accompanied ...

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing one of the world’s largest displacement and humanitarian crises. Ongoing violence and instability have forced millions to flee their homes ...

The Rwanda-backed M23, a Congolese armed group, has seized control of large swathes of eastern Congo in recent months. But it has not indicated plans to advance on Kisangani, a strategic city in the ...

Judith Tuluka Suminwa, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo attends a meeting during the 38th Ordinary Session of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union at the ...

Donald Trump has been offered a minerals-for-security deal by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), providing access to materials needed by America’s tech industry in return for help to defeat ...

In a Feb. 8 letter to Trump, Félix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, offered mining opportunities for the U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund, an entity Trump had launched a few ...

The M23 militia is ruling over a vast stretch of territory in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, threatening the sovereignty of the biggest country in sub-Saharan Africa.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have pushed deeper into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), capturing the town of Walikale despite growing international calls for a ceasefire. The rebels ...