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Durban: Where Business Travel Met Wonder
Africa.com
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June 27, 2025
By Kojo Richman It was supposed to be just a business trip. Fly in, cover the JCI Conference, create content, fly out. But Durban had other plans for me. What was meant to be routine work turned into something far more meaningful — filled with...
Roundup: DR Congo, Rwanda sign peace deal to end regional bloody turmoil
Xinhua News Agency
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KINSHASA/WASHINGTON, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda signed a historic peace agreement in Washington on Friday, marking a turning point in efforts to end years of armed conflict and humanitarian crisis in...
US Firm Backs $760 Million Congo-Rwanda-Burundi Hydropower Plant
Mint
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June 25, 2025
(Bloomberg) -- A long-delayed plan to build a hydropower plant on the Ruzizi River between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo received a boost amid US-backed peace talks between the two countries. Anzana Electric Group will team up with...
Rwanda and the Congo sign US-brokered peace deal to end 21st century’s bloodiest conflict
Washington Examiner
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June 28, 2025
The peace agreement, signed on Friday by Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe and Congolese Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, is intended to end fighting between Kinshasa and the Rwandan-backed insurgency in the eastern DRC, led...
Travel & Tourism: Congo hosts World Music and Tourism Festival - Can Rumba redefine its global image?
Graphic
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June 28, 2025
For far too long, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been known to the world for everything except its brilliance. It is one of the richest countries on earth in terms of natural resources – its soil bursting with copper, cobalt, gold,...
DR Congo, Rwanda sign peace deal to end regional bloody turmoil
Xinhua News Agency
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United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher (4th L) meets with leaders of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group and the Congo River Alliance in Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic...
Rwanda, DRC to ink peace deal, but questions remain
Taipei Times
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June 27, 2025
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were to sign an agreement in Washington yesterday to put an end to a conflict in the eastern DRC that has killed thousands, although broad questions loom on what it would mean. However, the...
World : DR Congo, Rwanda Sign US-Brokered Peace Deal
Bernama
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June 28, 2025
HAMILTON (Canada), June 28 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Rwanda signed a US-mediated peace agreement on Friday, aiming to end the deadly fighting in eastern Congo, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported....
Rwanda, DR Congo sign U.S.-brokered peace deal to end fighting
CGTN
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President Donald Trump holds up a signed document alongside DRC Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in the Oval Office at the White...
Rwanda, Congo Sign Historic Peace Deal
Foreign Policy
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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a Rwanda-Congo peace deal, U.S. President Donald Trump’s legal win, and anti-LGBTQ+ policies in Hungary. ‘Turning Point’ Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo signed a landmark...
Rwanda-DR Congo: Will Washington Agreement Be Respected?
The Rwandan
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June 27, 2025
On Friday, 27 June 2025, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda signed a landmark peace agreement in Washington aimed at ending decades of conflict in eastern Congo. The deal, brokered by the United States, marks a significant...
Has Trump brought peace to the Congo?
The Spectator
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June 24, 2025
It remains to be seen whether Trump’s ceasefire between Iran and Israel will hold, but on the other side of the world he has showcased his deal-making prowess in a very different conflict. In a few days, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo...
After Years of Violence, DRC and Rwanda Sign Peace Accord
Global Press Journal
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June 27, 2025
After more than a decade of Rwandan support for armed conflict in DRC, the governments of the two countries signed a peace deal in Washington, D.C. on Friday aimed at ending ongoing brutality in one of the most violent corners of the world....
Can America end 30-year DR Congo conflict?
Independent (Uganda)
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June 24, 2025
Why new diplomatic moves could hit same old roadblocks ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a preliminary peace deal that paves way to signing a final agreement scheduled on June 27,...
South Africa Accelerates Drive To Expand Intra-African Trade Through AfCFTA
Africa.com
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June 25, 2025
South Africa has reaffirmed its commitment to harnessing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to unlock new growth opportunities for local businesses and strengthen regional integration. Opening the IATF2025 South Africa Business...
DR Congo, Rwanda sign peace deal in ‘turning point’ after years of conflict
Al Jazeera
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June 27, 2025
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have signed a peace deal in Washington, DC, to end years of fighting between the neighbouring countries. Meeting in the White House in the United States on Friday, foreign ministers from the...
Trump eyes mineral wealth as Rwanda and DRC sign controversial peace deal in US
The Guardian
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June 27, 2025
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have signed a peace deal in Washington to end fighting in eastern DRC, although questions remain over what the agreement means and who stands to benefit – with Donald Trump using the occasion to...
US commercial diplomacy jumps first fence in Angola
Africa Confidential
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US commercial diplomacy jumps first fence in Angola Africa Confidential Ahead of the signing of a peace deal on 27 June between Congo-Kinshasa and Rwanda, mediated by Washington and premised on joint mining and processing operations, the United...
Carbon Markets Africa Summit Reveals Packed Programme Featuring Continent’s Entire Carbon Markets Value Chain
Africa.com
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July 16, 2025
The upcoming Carbon Markets Africa Summit (CMAS) programme features the continent’s entire carbon markets value chain in what is a compelling combination of successful early carbon market movers, climate-finance-ready projects, regulatory bodies...
NBA MVP Joel Embiid Boards Anime Feature ‘Mfinda’ as Executive Producer: Companion Doc in the Works (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
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June 27, 2025
Cameroonian-American Philadelphia 76ers center and former NBA MVP Joel Embiid has joined the producing team of “Mfinda,” an upcoming anime feature from the Tokyo- and LA-based studio N Lite. Embiid comes on board through his production company...