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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…

Radio France Internationale · Feb 9

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

The Independent UK · Feb 6

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

Evening Standard · Feb 6

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.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 6

The challenges of protecting wildlife from war in eastern DRC

In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Maiko National Park, a few committed rangers have succeeded in protecting gorillas, elephants and other animals from the surrounding fighting. RFI spoke to the park's assistant director, Alain Mukiranya, about guarding wildlife in the middle of a war zone.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 5

DRC returns to UN Security Council as non-permanent member after 35 years

The Democratic Republic of Congo returns to the United Nations Security Council as a non-permanent member for the 2026-2027 term for the first time in more than three decades, hoping to keep the armed crisis in its eastern provinces high on the council's agenda.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 2

DRC and Senegal finish all square as Benin enter Group D's endgame

Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) shared the spoils on Saturday in Tangier to maintain the drama in Group D over the identity of the pool winners following Benin's victory over Botswana.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 27, 2025

Boys recount 'torment' at hands of armed rebels in DR Congo

Forcibly recruited into a rebel militia affiliated with the Islamic State group, two boys revealed the "torment" of living in its camps as members committed massacres in the Democratic Republic of Congo's northeast.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 26, 2025

UN mulls new mandate for DR Congo peacekeepers at critical moment for conflict

With hostilities once again flaring in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations is weighing another extension of its Monusco peacekeeping mission when its mandate expires this month. Though the UN had been charting a progressive withdrawal, renewed fighting and an international push for peace look set to…

Radio France Internationale · Dec 20, 2025

DRC: M23 says it will withdraw from key city of Uvira

The M23 armed group said Tuesday it had agreed to a request from the United States to withdraw from the city of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 16, 2025