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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.
DR Congo repatriates three Americans who faced death penalty over failed coup attempt
Three Americans have been transferred to the United States after their death sentences over a foiled deadly coup were ...
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American DRC coup plotters are on their way back to U.S.
The three young men, who were sentenced to death for their part in an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo last ...
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Hope as Rwanda, DRC presidents hold direct talks
The meeting, which was mediated by the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, was their first direct talks since the M23 rebels seized two major cities in eastern DRC. The African Union urged all ...
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Anatomy of SADC’s failure in eastern DRC
On 13 March, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) announced the termination and phased withdrawal of its military deployment in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This ...
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It is time to look back: Lessons and achievements from the Forest Investment Program in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Aerial view of forest areas and agricultural plots in the DRC. Photo: World Bank Initiatives in agroforestry, clean energy, and community-driven forest management have reached more than 421,000 people ...
The Mining Journal21d
Why the DRC wants a minerals-for-security deal with the US
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) hopes to find an ally in the US in its fight against rebel group M23. It is eying a mineral deal like the one Ukraine is negotiating: access to the ...
The Tab21d
Netflix reveals secret meaning behind childhood pictures in the Adolescence opening credits
Everyone is hooked on the content of the show, so much so, people have noticed the very sweet detail of some childhood pictures that appear in the Adolescence opening credits. As episode two ...
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After the fall of Goma and Bukavu, where is DR Congo’s M23 war headed?
DRC President Félix Tshisekedi then met his Rwandan counterpart in a surprise face-to-face encounter in Qatar on 18 March. All sides called for a ceasefire, but M23 representatives did not participate ...
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Tshisekedi and Kagame meet in Qatar for crisis talks on eastern DRC
The presidents of Rwanda and DRC have expressed their support for a ceasefire after holding the talks just hours after the planned peace talks in Angola failed. A source close to the Congolese ...
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DRC: Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame agree on ceasefire in Doha
The meeting, held in strict secrecy under the patronage of the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, discussed the situation in eastern DRC, where M23 rebels backed by Rwanda have taken control of ...