Without investment from China — CMOC alone has plowed about $9 billion into its mines since 2016 — Congo wouldn’t have been able to triple its production of copper and boost cobalt output by ...

GOMA, Congo — Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda were repatriated on Saturday, the U.N. refugee agency said, after Rwandan-backed ...

Heavy flooding following torrential rains in eastern Congo washed away several villages along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, leaving at least 62 dead and 50 missing, authorities said Saturday.

RUMFORD – James “Jim” Drapeau, 80, died Thursday, May 1, 2025, at his residence in Rumford. Jim was born in Rumford, on Jan. 4, 1945, the son of Alfred and Bernice (Dower) Drapeau.

Kieran Burke with AP and Reuters 05/01/2025 Congo's Senate has been asked to revoke the former president's immunity from prosecution to face charges of supporting an insurgency in the east.

Americans in botched Congo coup returned to US amid Trump mineral talks A trio of Americans who faced execution for attempting a coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been delivered into U ...

Three Americans repatriated to the United States from Congo were charged Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department with staging an elaborate coup attempt aimed at overthrowing the African nation ...

Heavy downpours flooded and submerged parts of Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, over the weekend, destroying roads, inundating homes and killing about 30 people, according ...

KINSHASA, Congo — A Trump administration official said Thursday that the United States is in talks with conflict-ridden Congo on developing its mineral resources under a deal that the Congolese ...

DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi met with his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame in Qatar on Tuesday to discuss the insurgency in eastern DRC, a region rich in minerals. The meeting, which was ...

Congo's government will participate in peace talks in Angola on Tuesday with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group that has captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east, a spokesperson said Monday.

Congo president meets US lawmaker amid talk of mineral deal By Reuters March 17, 20251:20 AM PDTUpdated March 17, 2025 ...