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Takeaways from AP's interview with Colombian woman deported to Congo by US

The Trump administration has deported 15 Latin Americans to the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite U.S. court orders protecting them from deportation to their homelands

The Independent UK

Ebola outbreak declared in eastern DR Congo as regional alert raised

Africa’s top public health body has declared a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Ituri province, raising concerns over cross-border spread in a region already affected by conflict and frequent population movements.

Radio France Internationale

Big blow to Trump's third-country deportation: Court orders to bring 55-year-old Colombian woman back, was sent to DRC

The Donald Trump administration's third-country deportation, a new policy that they have come up with where a migrant is sent to a third country where they have no connection, received a huge blow after a federal judge Wednesday ordered the administration to bring back a Colombian woman to the US.…

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Millions of farmers in Africa’s Great Lakes region face rising temperatures. Study predicts how crop disease and pests could spread

Farming in the Great Lakes region of Africa (which includes Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Kenya) is challenging because of changing environments and ongoing social and political tensions. These tensions include conflict over resources. As a result, agricultural productivity is low and there’s a high…

The Conversation

Latin American migrants deported from US await their fate in DRC

The first group of Latin American migrants deported from the United States to the Democratic Republic of Congo has arrived in Kinshasa, under a controversial US scheme to transfer undocumented foreign nationals to third-party countries. They told RFI they feel "scared" in DRC.

Radio France Internationale

DRC peace talks open as violence shifts to remote highlands

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebel delegates were meeting in Geneva on Tuesday to try to end a war that has devastated the east of the country, as fighting shifts into remote highland areas that are difficult to access and increasingly dangerous, despite repeated ceasefire…

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‘We brought hope back’ says DRC keeper Mpasi, as World Cup beckons

With the Leopards sealing their place after a play-off win over Jamaica in Mexico on 31 March, the Democratic Republic of Congo are heading to the World Cup for the first time in 52 years. The team's goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi tells RFI the scale of that achievement is yet to…

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The Democratic Republic of Congo Claims New Deal to Take U.S. Deportees Reflects 'Commitment to Human Dignity'

Agreements had been reached priorly with at least seven African nations, including Eswatini, South Sudan and Equatorial Guinea

Latin Times

DR Congo will receive third-country deportees under new deal with US

The Democratic Republic of Congo will receive third-country nationals deported from the United States under a new deal with the Trump administration, the government in Kinshasa said in a statement on Sunday.

Radio France Internationale

Coach Desabre salutes ‘pride of a generation’ after DRC seal World Cup spot

As the Democratic Republic of Congo qualifies for the World Cup for the first time in 52 years, captain Chancel Mbemba credited the team's French head coach Sébastien Desabre's mantra of modesty and hard work for their success.

Radio France Internationale

Far from Iran, Donald Trump’s impact on the world will be felt for decades

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As The Independent reports from Rubaya, a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the president is trying to make foreign mines his own, the fingerprints of this fortune-hunting administration can be seen from one end of the planet to the other

The Independent UK

How mines in war-torn DRC lie at the heart of Trump’s fortune-hunting in Africa

WORLD OF TROUBLE: World affairs editor Sam Kiley reports from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where conflict, aid and minerals all intersect, to investigate what Donald Trump’s brazen commercial interest in the war-torn country actually means

The Independent UK

Minefield: War, Minerals and Trump’s New Deal in Africa

In a rebel-held mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo around 15 per cent of the world’s coltan supply is pulled from the earth. If you’ve used your phone, boarded a plane, been guided by a GPS, or interacted at all with any form of computing, you have relied on…

The Independent UK

Young Congolese author Pascal Boroto wins African literary prize

The 2026 Voix d’Afriques (Voices from Africa) literature prize has been awarded to Pascal Boroto, a young writer from the Democratic Republic of Congo, for a novel inspired by his journalist mother.

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French UN aid worker among three killed in DRC drone strike

A French aid worker for the United Nations children’s agency Unicef and two other people were killed in a drone strike on a residential building in the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Guardian - US

Trump and Netanyahu’s attack on Iran is an illegal act of aggression

Their actions are no different from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine or Rwandan president Paul Kagame’s invasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Radio France Internationale

Through the lens: the beauty of the Congo Basin and its fragile future

The Congo Basin rainforest is the world’s largest carbon sink, absorbing more carbon dioxide than the Amazon. Often described as Africa’s “green lung”, it helps regulate the global climate, with peatlands that lock away huge amounts of carbon. But the region is under pressure from deforestation, industrial logging and plans…

Radio France Internationale

France confirms its soldiers are in DR Congo, but only to train local troops

France has clarified that its military personnel are in the Democratic Republic of Congo to train members of the country's armed forces, following speculation sparked by images of soldiers wearing French uniform that were shared on social media.

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Critical mineral supply faces risks if local communities aren’t consulted enough: the case of lithium in Ghana

Clean technologies depend on critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt. Over 65% of the world’s cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nearly 40% of the world’s manganese is mined in South Africa. Substantial deposits of lithium are found in Zimbabwe. Ghana is emerging as a miner…

Radio France Internationale

Spotlight on Africa: the race for Africa's critical minerals

In this episode of Spotlight on Africa, we're looking at the race for critical minerals on the continent. In the first week of February, around forty African delegations were invited to Washington DC for a summit dedicated to the issue. The leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo appear keen…

Radio France Internationale

DR Congo weighs price of security in minerals deal with US

A minerals-for-security deal between the United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo is facing a constitutional challenge in Kinshasa, with critics warning the government may be underselling the country’s vast mineral wealth. The partnership was praised by US President Donald Trump during a visit to Washington last week by…

The Independent UK

Three African countries agree to take back UK migrants after visa penalty threat

Home secretary threatened visa sanctions on Namibia, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo if they did not take back migrants in the UK

Evening Standard

Another country agrees to migrant returns deal after UK visa threat

Shabana Mahmood’s threats to impose visa penalties form part of her drive to speed up removals of people with no right to be in the UK

Radio France Internationale

The year ahead for African democracy: who is going to the polls in 2026?

After a tense general election in Uganda last week, presidential elections are set to follow in the Democratic Republic of Congo in March then in Benin and Djibouti in April. With elections also due this year in Libya, Zambia, Ethiopia, Gambia and South Sudan, could the African continent see a…

Radio France Internationale

Boulbina's wonder goal takes Algeria into last eight past DRC at Cup of Nations

Extra-time substitute Adil Boulbina fired home a sumptuous strike to send Algeria into the last eight at the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday night at the expense of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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