As US President Donald Trump’s new term begins, Democratic Republic of Congo is trying to anticipate what the American position will be on a number of important issues: the Rwanda-M23 conflict, the Lobito Corridor and rivalry with China in the race for strategic minerals.

Pharrell Williams reacts to the Louis Vuitton Fall-Winter 2025-2026 collection, presented in Paris on Jan. 21, 2025. People fleeing the advance of the M23 rebels arrive by boat in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, 22.01.2025

The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants is advocating to have pending cases rebooked to arrive in the country before Jan. 27.

Resettlement agencies around the nation and in Vermont are digging in and getting ready for the effects on immigration following a slew of executive orders from the new

Democratic Republic of Congo has launched a probe into the embezzlement of over $300 million from state miner Gecamines between 2012 and 2020, the justice ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office to begin withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization, a move that some scientists and faith

When Donald Trump returns to the White House ... The money supports a vast range of efforts, from a million mpox vaccines shipped to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to monitoring for influenza in Chile. While there are unknowns – for example ...

Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan told Fox News last Friday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement would launch large-scale raids in Chicago and other U.S. cities as early as Tuesday. Homan later said the administration is reconsidering the raids after details were leaked to the media.

Many Congolese see the rebel advance as an invasion of their country by a foreign power in an attempt to seize land and Congo’s valuable rare minerals.

By withdrawing from the World Health Organization and overhauling aid, Trump’s new executive orders endanger Americans and the globe, researchers warn. The move also cedes U.S. power to other nations.

"Africa can expect substantial changes from the United States over the next four years," Rama Yade, director of the Atlantic Council's Africa Center, wrote in a pre-Inauguration analysis. While Donald Trump in his first term pursued an "America first" foreign policy,