Paul Kagame, longtime president of Rwanda, and Felix Tshisekedi, president of Democratic Republic of Congo, sign deals aimed at stabilising a war-scarred region and attracting Western mining investment.

President Donald Trump thanked Presidents Felix Tshisekedi of Congo and Paul Kagame of Rwanda for finalizing a June ceasefire deal to end the war in Eastern Congo. "I think they've spent a lot of time killing each other,

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels traded accusations of ceasefire violations on Tuesday, two days before the White House is set to host the signing of an accord to end fighting in the country’s east.

The president’s spokesperson says the agreement reaffirms DRC’s exclusive control over the exploitation and processing of minerals, stressing that “there is no sell-off.”

Heavy clashes erupted on Tuesday between the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), along with coalition forces, on multiple fronts in South Kivu province.

Africa’s great Congo Basin rainforest, often called the Earth’s second lung, covers an area about the size of India. Millions of people depend directly on the forest for food, energy and income. It is home to our closest relatives and some of the planet’s most threatened wildlife — gorillas (Gorilla sp.

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