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.

Plus: Crews make progress on Los Angeles-area fires. California fires are growing larger and more destructive in general.

No president gets to choose the major crises that shape their legacies. Here are a few that may shape Donald Trump’s.

The president-elect said he covets Greenland for its size. He could be misinterpreting it based on well-known mapping distortion.

Incoming President Donald Trump has halted for at least 90 days a refugee admissions program that resettled 100,000 individuals fleeing persecution in fiscal year 2024, including nearly

Amnesty International has accused Congo’s army and a rebel group of bombing densely populated areas in attacks that “likely constitute war crimes.”

An investigating magistrate has been appointed in Belgium after Democratic Republic of the Congo in December filed criminal complaints accusing Apple subsidiaries of using so-called conflict minerals in their supply chain,

On “day one,” President Donald Trump shut the door on legal immigration of well-vetted refugees into the United States.

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.

Authorities in eastern Congo say M23 rebels have seized the town of Minova, a key supply route for the provincial capital, Goma.

When Donald Trump returns to the White House, he's expected to issue a series of orders with far-reaching impact on global health — from abortion services to support for the World Health Organization.

Refugee communities and agencies are bracing to see whether Trump again curtails the U.S. resettlement program.