The Democratic Republic of Congo has offered the US exclusive access to critical minerals and infrastructure projects in exchange for security assistance as it battles a rebellion backed by neighboring Rwanda.

Felix Tshisekedi is seeking assistance from the United States and President Donald Trump this amidst intensified fighting

Major refugee aid groups say President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be trying to circumvent a federal court ruling this week that blocked his efforts to suspend the nation’s refugee admissions program.

President Donald Trump’s effort to suspend the system for resettling refugees in the U.S. is on hold after a federal judge in Seattle blocked it. U.S.

President William Ruto and the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday, February 21, 2025, held a third phone conversation since President Donald Trump was sworn into office. Spokesperson for the State Department Tammy Bruce in a press release said that Ruto and Rubio had a telephone conversation to discuss the ongoing conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi is hoping to earn U.S. support for his country’s fight against Rwandan-backed rebels with a lucrative mineral deal. While the eyes of the world are focused on the war in Ukraine,

The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo is pitching the U.S. and Europe on a minerals deal as the White House prepares to sign a similar pact with Ukraine. The president of the ...

Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the prime minister of the DRC told a high-level meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday,