Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
WEBJun 20, 2024 · Clashes dramatically increased in February 2024, provoking international outrage and desperate humanitarian conditions. Though the eastern regions of DRC are the most violent, political violence ...
Eastern Congo: A Legacy of Intervention - Council on Foreign …
WEBAFDL forces capture eastern Zaire’s largest city, Goma, on November 1, breaking up refugee camps and killing tens of thousands of refugees and other civilians. The fighting causes hundreds of ...
Catastrophic Displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo
WEBNov 3, 2023 · Early this week, the International Organization for Migration announced that nearly seven million people have been displaced by conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the vast majority of ...
Democratic Republic of Congo - Council on Foreign Relations
WEBAug 20, 2024 · A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo.
A Puzzling Attempted Coup in the DRC - Council on Foreign …
WEBMay 23, 2024 · A clumsy coup d’état attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo reveals the underlying fragility of U.S.-DRC relations. The Congolese Republican Guard and police block a road around the scene ...
From Climate Change to Regional Security, the DRC Looms Large
WEBJul 13, 2022 · From a climate and green energy perspective, the DRC has a pivotal influence over the future of life on earth. The Congo Basin’s rainforest is not only an extraordinary treasure of biodiversity ...
The EAC’s Challenges in Eastern Congo - Council on Foreign …
WEBApr 26, 2022 · The East African Community (EAC) wasted no time in wading into the complex and murky security issues bedeviling its newest member, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
DRC-Rwanda Talks Underway, But Lasting Peace Remains Elusive
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Peace talks between the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are scheduled to resume in Angola’s capital, Luanda, this week.
Why Cobalt Mining in the DRC Needs Urgent Attention
WEBOct 29, 2020 · More than 70 percent of the world’s cobalt is produced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and 15 to 30 percent of the Congolese cobalt is produced by artisanal and small-scale mining ...
Belgium Begins to Confront Its Brutal Colonial Past in Congo
WEBJul 2, 2020 · His numerous, well-documented atrocities led to Europe-wide pressure to end his personal regime, and in 1908, Belgium annexed Congo, and thereafter ruled it as a colony.