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Massachusetts has awarded nearly $1.2 million in grants to support the state's fishing industry. The funding aims to help the industry adapt to the development of offshore wind farms. Grants will fund ...

US accuses Rwanda of fueling instability in eastern Congo M23 rebel gains threaten Trump's peace efforts Rwanda denies backing M23 UNITED NATIONS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The United States accused Rwanda ...

The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, has accused Rwanda of violating a newly signed US-brokered peace deal, as the Kigali-backed M23 armed group pressed ahead ...

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Washington hails a "historic" US-brokered Rwanda-DR Congo peace deal, but renewed clashes, mistrust between leaders, and warnings of US mineral ambitions reveal a ...

US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a peace deal Thursday, even as fresh violence raised questions about the accord to end one of Africa's ...

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and his counterpart from Rwanda, Paul Kagame, signed a deal to end the conflict in eastern Congo. Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Congo's President Felix ...

US president has hosted leaders of DRC and Rwanda and says Washington will buy rare earth minerals from the two countries. From left, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, US President Donald Trump and DRC ...

Congo and Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Saturday signed a framework agreement for a peace deal, the latest step in the so far unsuccessful efforts to end the decades-long conflict in eastern Congo.