Read about these 11 new, 10 reorganized stakes — from Missouri to Mexico

26 Oct 2025, 6:00 a.m. MDT The following new stake presidencies have been called. New stakes Read this article in Portuguese: A new stake has been created from the Rogers Arkansas and Springfield Missouri South stakes. The Branson Missouri Stake,...

Customs worker killed for refusing bribe could be Congo’s first saint

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

DR Congo To Finalize Minerals Deal With Washington in June

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is preparing to finalize a minerals deal with the United States by the end of June. The initiative could combine a U.S.-backed peace agreement with Rwanda with expanded access for American companies to...

Congo Repatriates Three Americans Sentenced to Death for Alleged Coup Attempt

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday repatriated three Americans accused of participating in a failed coup attempt against President Felix Tshisekedi in May 2024. The three Americans were among 37 defendants sentenced to death for...

DR Congo ex-leader Kabila's immunity on line over plot claims

When Joseph Kabila stepped aside for Felix Tshisekedi in 2019, it was hailed as the Democratic Republic of Congo's first peaceful handover of power since independence from Belgium. But on Thursday Kabila faces a vote in the Senate potentially...

Carbon Credits in the Congo: The Cost of Capture, Part 2

PART TWO: A Trump-like businessman and his brothers cash in on DRC’s Resources By Linda Ngari This article is the second of a two-part investigative series produced with the support of the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network in...

U.S.-Led Peace Talks Could Unleash Rwandan Processing of Congo’s Critical Minerals

The United States is spearheading a delicate diplomatic initiative between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, with the goal of de-escalating a long-simmering regional conflict—and unlocking the economic potential of Congo’s vast mineral...

Pogačar’s Dominance, Rwanda’s Power Play, and Sport’s Global Shifts | The Outer Line AIRmail Weekly

This week’s edition of AIRmail from The Outer Line dives deep into the most compelling stories shaping professional cycling and the wider world of sport. From Tadej Pogačar’s historic fifth straight Il Lombardia victory and the debate over whether...

AfDB s accelerating transformation of infrastructure and access to basic social services in DRC

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2025: Roads in Kenge, Kikwit, Tshikapa, Kamuensha, and Mbuji-Mayi have been completely rehabilitated, new stretches of road built, and urban roads modernized. Numerous examples of socioeconomic infrastructure have...

DRC Debacle Batters South Africa’s Standing as an Actor in African Peacekeeping

The withdrawal of the SAMIDRC force from the eastern DRC has significant negative ramifications for South Africa and SADC’s standing as a player in African peacekeeping. South Africa’s disastrous deployment to eastern DRC has come to an abrupt and...

Ex-leader Kabila slams DR Congo 'dictatorship' after losing immunity

KINSHASA - Former DR Congo president Joseph Kabila said he would soon visit a city occupied by the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group, branding the current government a "dictatorship" after he lost his immunity. In a rare speech streamed live on the...

DRC Seeks Strategic Partnership with U.S. to Secure Critical Minerals and Regional Stability

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is making a bold push for a strategic economic and military alliance with the United States, aiming to counter Chinese influence, stabilize its conflict-ridden eastern regions, and secure a long-term...

Landmark Agreement Signals New Era for Vocational Training in the DRC

On May 15, 2025, the Club du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics et de la Chambre des Métiers et de l’Artisanat (Club BTP & CMA) and the Regulatory Authority for Subcontracting in the Private Sector (ARSP) signed a landmark agreement in Kinshasa, in...

Beyond critical minerals: Capitalizing on the DRC’s vast opportunities

Issue Brief May 23, 2025 • 11:27 am ET Print this page Beyond critical minerals: Capitalizing on the DRC’s vast opportunities By Dave Peterson, Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Rabah Areki, Thomas De Dreux-Brézé, Nicole Namwezi Batumike, and Calixte...

DRC foreign minister confirms ongoing talks with US on minerals

The foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner. (Photo: UNE.CD) The foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, on Thursday confirmed that her government...

Congo's mineral offer to US raises questions of ownership amid bloody civil war, major China presence

Critical Metals CEO and executive chairman Tony Sage analyzes a potential minerals deal between the U.S. and Ukraine on 'The Claman Countdown.' The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) may be trying to sell minerals to the Trump Administration...

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.

The Mwangeji cemetery where Gilbert was buried. (Arlette Bashizi/For The Washington Post) A USAID shipment of antimalarial medication, containing enough medicine to treat tens of thousands of children, arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

Ex-leader Kabila hits out at DR Congo 'dictatorship'

Former DR Congo president Joseph Kabila on Friday said he would soon visit a city occupied by the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group, branding the current government a "dictatorship" after he lost his immunity. In a rare speech streamed live on the...

L’Autorité fiscale de Gambie participe à la 31e Conférence des Directeurs généraux des Douanes à Kinshasa

Par : Haddy Touray L’Autorité fiscale de Gambie (GRA) a participé à la 31e Conférence des Directeurs généraux des Douanes de la région Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre de l’Organisation mondiale des douanes (OMD-AOC), qui s’est achevée le vendredi...

Sunny days ahead for troubled DRC: Country stares at enormous revenue growth prospects

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), despite its political and economic shocks, faces enormous revenue growth prospects in the next five years as the United Nations (UN) consider Kinshasa a major player and beneficiary in the global $250...