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The delivery of the trio into U.S. custody follows high-level talks between American and Congolese officials over security and mining deals.
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The United States is open to exploring critical minerals partnerships, the State Department told Reuters last month, after Congo pitched a minerals-for-security deal to the Trump administration.
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Americans in botched Congo coup returned to US amid Trump mineral talks
U.S. citizens Marcel Malanga, 22, Tyler Thompson, 22, and Benjamin Zalman-Polun, 37, were all instrumental in an attempt to topple the government and assassinate the president of the Central African country in May 2024, federal prosecutors said. The failed coup resulted in their capture and a Congolese military court sentenced them to be executed.
Congo Repatriates 3 Americans Sentenced to Death Over Failed Coup
The men recently had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment for their role in an attempted coup last May in the central African nation.
US charges Americans over role in botched Congo coup
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged four Americans for their role in an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo after three of the men were returned to U.S. custody this week, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on Wednesday.
Exclusive: Congo hands over Americans jailed over failed coup as talks on minerals progress
Three American citizens jailed over a failed coup attempt in Democratic Republic of Congo were handed over to U.S. custody on Tuesday, officials said, following high-level talks between the two countries on security and mining deals,
US Unseals Charges Against Four Americans in Congo Coup Attempt
The US attorney’s office in the District of Utah unsealed charges against four citizens accused of participating in a failed coup attempt in Democratic Republic of Congo last year.
Americans involved in failed DRC coup plot repatriated
Three Americans will serve life sentences in the United States after their death sentences were commuted by the Democratic Republic of Congo, shortly after the U.S. and DRC held talks over minerals.
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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. It’s not the only mineral-rich country to try that.
Dozens Die in Floods Hitting Congo’s Capital
While the Democratic Republic of Congo reels from a new rebel offensive in the east, its capital in the west, Kinshasa, grapples with deadly floods.
Dozens of hippos die of anthrax poisoning in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo
About 50 hippos have died of anthrax poisoning in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, the oldest national park in all of Africa.
South Sudan says it rejected U.S. deportee because he was from Democratic Republic of Congo
South Sudan says the revocation of U.S. visas for all its nationals is incorrectly based on an incident that involved the citizen of a different African country.
Death toll from flooding in Congo’s capital reaches 33 as officials race to support victims
The death toll from flooding that cut access to over half of the Congolese capital of Kinshasa has reached 33 as authorities race to evacuate and support hundreds of families trapped in their homes.
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