The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a top cobalt producer. So why would it ban exports? The country is considering extending a restriction on cobalt exports to further push up prices.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decades-long ...

Washington — President Trump on Friday celebrated the signing of a U.S.-brokered peace agreement between the Democratic ...

Learn about sources of continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the United Nations, African Union, and neighboring countries are struggling to curtail it.

The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined ...

Some 32% of global semiconductor production could face climate change related copper supply disruptions by 2035, quadrupling ...

Trump announces another peace deal, this one in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The U.N. accuses Rwanda of supporting rebels who have taken over large swathes of the Democratic Republic of ...

Yet, the White House placed the Republic of the Congo, not the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on its restrictive travel ban list – saying Republic of the Congo visa holders overstay by a rate ...

In early 2025, fighting between Congolese security forces and militant groups led by M23 escalated rapidly, culminating in M23’s capture of Goma, the regional hub of the Eastern Democratic Republic of ...