Rwanda-backed rebels push into a mineral-rich town in Congo despite ceasefire calls
Rwanda-backed rebels battling Congo’s army have pushed into a strategic, mineral-rich town in the east, ignoring calls for a ...
Wealth and Warfare Empower a Rwanda-Backed Militant Group in Congo
The M23 militia is ruling over a vast stretch of territory in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
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Cameroon's Baka People Say They Are Part of the Forest - That's Why They Look After It [analysis]
The Congo Basin's hunter-gatherer people have the secret to living well with the forest.While doing fieldwork in 2020, I remember walking with Indigenous elders Ferdinand Mbita and Félix Mangombe up ...
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The President’s Inbox Recap: Conflict in Eastern Congo
The resurgence of Rwanda-backed insurgents in eastern Congo has reignited a decades-old conflict over ethnic rivalries, ...
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What’s Next for the Democratic Republic of Congo?
The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is getting worse. In January, even before the Rwanda-backed M23 seized ...
Presidents of Congo and Rwanda meet in Qatar to discuss the insurgency in eastern Congo
The presidents of Congo and Rwanda have met in Qatar for their first direct talks since Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized two ...
Water cooperation is essential when countries share lakes and rivers, yet it's been deteriorating in many places
Just over half the world's population shares a river or lake basin with at least one other country. To sustainably manage ...
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Congolese Southern Baptists support, pray for DRC homeland as death toll rises
March 8 holds painful memories for Ezekiel Batsi Batende, pastor of Swahili Baptist Church at Woodmont. On that day in 2008, ...