In a statement released Feb. 26, the bishops expressed support for the peace initiative led by the two regional organizations. Leaders from both blocs had met on Feb. 8 in Nairobi, Kenya, to call ...

It takes lithium and cobalt to build the batteries that power electric vehicles and e-bikes, nickel and rare earth elements ...

As renewable energy gathers steam around the world, the harms of mining its mineral components continue to grow. On the ...

Catholic and Protestant churches in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are pushing for mediation as conflict escalates in the country’s east. Their efforts to engage all parties, including ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo is considering sending representatives to peace talks that Angola plans to host next week which would mark its first direct negotiations with the ...

The EU is set to impose sanctions on around 10 individuals over the offensive by the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in Democratic Republic of Congo, diplomats said Friday. M23 forces have seized ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo is considering sending representatives to peace talks with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group that Angola plans to host next week, two government ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — African leaders on Thursday announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were sent to quell insurgencies in mineral-rich eastern ...

Rwanda has rejected charges, including by the Congolese government and UN experts, that it backs M23 in eastern Congo, a region that is now one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises with ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese government to end the conflict in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The government of Congo will hold peace talks next week in Angola with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group that has captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The government of Congo will hold peace talks next week in Angola with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group that has captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east, mediator Angola ...