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Beyond the Beat: Congo’s World Music Festival Charts New Course for Culture and Tourism
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July 19, 2025
This week, the city of Kinshasa saw and witnessed a pulsating blend of rhythm, colour and celebration. The forecourt of the National Assembly, known affectionately as the People’s Palace, was transformed into a musical arena for three nights of...
DR Congo inks soccer deals with Barcelona, AC Milan, Monaco
Semafor
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DR Congo inked a $51 million shirt sponsorship deal with Spanish football giant FC Barcelona, its third such partnership this year to boost tourism. The Central African nation has signed similar agreements in recent months with Italian giants AC...
Blood Beans: The illicit cocoa trade fuelling violence at the DR Congo–Uganda border
Africa Uncensored
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July 18, 2025
In this investigation, Ukweli Coalition Media Hub, an investigative platform specialising in the Great Lakes region, in partnership with Afrique XXI and Africa Uncensored, has uncovered a vast cocoa bean trafficking network between eastern DR...
Vantara Organises International Wildlife Welfare Training For Congolese Delegates
Free Press Journal
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July 19, 2025
As part of its global wildlife conservation efforts, Vantara – an initiative founded by Anant Ambani – is currently hosting a 15-member delegation from the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN), the principal authority...
Capital gains: inside Kinshasa’s flagship five-star hotel
The European Magazine
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July 16, 2025
Overlooking one of the world’s great rivers, the Fleuve Congo Hotel stands as Kinshasa’s only five-star property — a striking symbol of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s transformation. Once known locally as the “White Elephant”, it has been...
Peace for Profit? What the DRC-Rwanda Peace Deal Leaves Unsaid
OkayAfrica
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July 15, 2025
On June 28, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda signed a U.S.- and Qatar-brokered peace deal in Washington, seen as a diplomatic breakthrough but quickly criticized after President Donald Trump stated that the United States would get "a...
The Democratic Republic of Congo celebrates the centenary of Patrice Lumumba's birth
Africanews
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July 3, 2025
He was a revolutionary and a national hero whose assassination shocked the world. The Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday celebrated the 100th anniversary of Patrice Lumumba’s birth. An official ceremony was held to honour his memory, at the...
UN Expert On Human Trafficking To Visit The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Scoop
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Saturday, 12 July 2025, 5:02 pm Press Release: OHCHR GENEVA (11 July 2025) – UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Siobhán Mullally, will conduct an official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda sign long-awaited peace deal in Washington
Radio X
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27 June 2025, 21:56 | Updated: 27 June 2025, 23:22 Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, stands with Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, left, and Democratic Republic of the Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, right....
Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda sign long-awaited peace deal in Washington
LBC
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27 June 2025, 21:56 | Updated: 27 June 2025, 23:22 Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, stands with Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, left, and Democratic Republic of the Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, right....
Kinshasa To Host Inaugural World Music And Tourism Festival Celebrating Music And Tourism As Drivers Of Dialogue And Development
MENAFN
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July 11, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Under the High Patronage of His Excellency Mr. Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa will host the first-ever World Music and Tourism Festival. UN Tourism joins the...
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo sign a peace agreement in Washington
Anglican Ink - Florida
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June 27, 2025
Kinshasa – A peace agreement to end the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is scheduled to be signed today, June 27, between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. The agreement is based on a Declaration of...
Double Burden of Malnutrition and Validity of Overweight/Obesity Indicators Among Students in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Cross Sectional Study From the University of Kinshasa
Dove Medical Press
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June 28, 2025
Jean-Robert Makulo,1 Trésor Tshiswaka Mutombo,2 Ramsès Kamitalu Kabongo,3 Audace Kilolo Tunda,4 Ernest Kiswaya Sumaili,1 Christian Kisoka Lusunsi,2 Beni Beni Kasangwala,3 Christian Mulundu Lakwon,3 Benit Boluta,3 Guvanie Lubamba Mubiala,3 Tatiana...
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo sign a peace agreement in Washington
Fides
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June 27, 2025
Friday, 27 June 2025 peace Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A peace agreement to end the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is scheduled to be signed today, June 27, between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda....
Congo set to honour its music legends with maiden World Music and Tourism Festival
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July 8, 2025
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is preparing to pay a historic tribute to the voices, rhythms and legacies that have defined its cultural identity. From 16 to 18 July 2025, the country will host the first-ever World Music and Tourism Festival...
Elon Musk is bringing broadband to Congo — right after ravaging its health care
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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I’d appreciate this all the more if Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency hadn’t also consigned many Congolese to needless deaths through Musk’s campaign to eliminate US foreign aid. The Democratic Republic of Congo is as large as all of...
The DRC-Rwanda peace deal
Independent (Uganda)
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July 11, 2025
U.S. president Donald Trump with foreign affairs ministers from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the White House after the signing of a US-brokered peace deal on 27 June 2025. US-brokered agreement will prolong the conflict, analysts...
How Did Football Buddies From Utah Join a Coup in the Congo?
New York Mag
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July 11, 2025
Surveillance footage of Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson at a shooting range in West Jordan, Utah. Photo: United States District Court for the District of Utah This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation...
Prospects for peace and World Cup lift mood in DR Congo
Deutsche Welle
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July 10, 2025
These are busy times for football in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The women's team played in the African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) for the first time since 2012 while the men are currently top of their qualification group for the 2026 World...
Potential peace and World Cup spot offers hope for DR Congo
Deutsche Welle
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These are busy times for football in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The women's team are playing in the African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) for the first time since 2012 while the men are currently top of their qualification group for the 2026...