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Congo fighting flares within hours of Trump's peace deal ceremony
Despite a U.S.-brokered peace deal, fighting in mineral-rich North Kivu and South Kivu has caused dozens of civilian deaths and displacement, with M23 rebels generating $800,000 monthly from coltan trade.
- On Friday, fighting raged in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo a day after U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Congolese and Rwandan leaders in Washington to sign new peace deals.
- The June agreement, aimed at stabilising Congo and attracting Western mining investment, has paused fighting but neither Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, nor Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, fulfilled pledges, analysts say.
- A Congo army spokesperson confirmed clashes ongoing Friday along the Kaziba, Katogota and Rurambo axis, while a senior AFC/M23 official said rebels retook Luberika and downed a Congolese drone.
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In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, mining revenue is helping to fund rebel groups
Almost all the key mineral-rich zones are under rebel controlOriginally published on Global VoicesTents on the Kamituga gold mine site in South Kivu, eastern DRC; screenshot from the TV5monde YouTube channel. The ongoing security crisis in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deepened, with two rebel groups, the Congo River Alliance (AFC) and the 23 March Movement (M23), which are both opposed to the ruling reg…
Congo fighting flares within hours of Trump's peace deal ceremony
Fighting raged in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Congolese and Rwandan leaders in Washington to sign new deals aimed at ending years of conflict in a region rich in minerals.
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