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.

President Joe Biden offered up a few surprises in his farewell address. Instead of simply summing up his term in office, he warned Wednesday about the increasing influence of the ultrawealthy, criticized disinformation on social media and called for continuing the fight against climate change.

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford is calling on the Biden administration to extend TPS protections for certain immigrant communities.

The United States offered to extend its signature African investment project into the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as an incentive

WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is spending his final full day in office Sunday in South Carolina, a state that holds special meaning after his commanding win in the 2020 Democratic primary there set him up to achieve his life's goal of being elected president of the United States.