Link To Article On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, the conflict between the Rwandan backed M23 and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the Eastern region of the country is straining the DRC’s public finances. Due to the conflict, the DRC has had to significantly increase the country’s military spending, including the salaries of military personnel, to boost morale…. Read more »
Link To Article At the U.N. Peacekeeping Ministerial in Berlin, the German Foreign Minister, Johann Wadephul, stated that other nations would be unable to compensate if the United States withdrew its funding for the United Nations peacekeeping missions. He stated that the financial void left by the U.S. as its largest contributor would be too large for other countries to… Read more »
Link To Article On Monday, May 5, 2025, reports were made that European tantalite prices have reached a 2-year high of about $105 per pound. This is a 25% increase since January and is caused by the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with the Rwandan-backed M23. The DRC is the world’s largest producer of tantalite, accounting… Read more »
Link To Article On Friday, April 25, 2025, The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda stated they would create a peace deal and end supporting rebel groups before May 2, 2025. However, ceasefire agreements in the past have not stopped the violence between the two countries. The deal said that the Eastern part of the DRC, which is… Read more »
Link To Article On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, Belgium’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Maxime Prevot, stated that the country would like to become more invested in the mineral sector of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Democratic Republic of the Congo has large mineral reserves of copper, cobalt, lithium, and uranium. However, the country has struggled to extract these… Read more »
Link To Article Thousands of children subject to sexual violence in eastern Congo, UNICEF sayshttps://www.reuters.com/world/africa/thousands-children-subject-sexual-violence-eastern-congo-unicef-says-2025-04-11/ On Friday, April 11, 2025, the United Nations Children’s Agency stated that children have been more than a third of all victims in the 10,000 rape and sexual violence cases that are occurring in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…. Read more »
Link To Article On Monday, March 17, 2025, Belgium and Rwanda sent away each other’s diplomats. Tensions between the conflict have been rising due to the conflict between the Rwandan rebel group M23 and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Many African countries have attempted to create a ceasefire between the DRC and M23. March 23 Movement (M23) is… Read more »
Link To Article On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, Lejone Mpotjoane, Lesotho’s foreign minister, stated he was insulted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that no one had heard of the country in his address to Congress on Tuesday. Trump said that foreign spending on Lesotho was an “appalling waste.” Lesotho, referred to as “The Kingdom in the Sky,” is home… Read more »
Link To Article On Thursday, February 27, 2025, Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime Minister, visited Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia in the hopes of meeting with its president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. The two countries have been moving towards warmer relations since January 2024, when Ethiopia decided to lease out some coastline territory and build a naval base in Somalia in… Read more »