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.

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel alliance that has besieged swaths of the nation’s mineral-rich east and forced hundreds of local troops and foreign mercenaries to surrender.

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Congo’s leader has called on young people to enlist in the army to help fight Rwanda-backed rebels attempting to seize more territory in the country’s conflict-battered east.

Video released on social media showing Democratic Republic of the Congo armed forces near the Goma Airport with person in the video talking about the army fighting to hold onto the area as rebels progress.

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A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese city in a bid to occupy territory and exploit minerals.

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President of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday that his troopers are fighting an insurgence by the Rwandan-backed militant group M23 which recently captured swaths of land in the east.