Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has sought out a deal with the Trump administration, offering mineral access in return for American support in quelling an insurgency and boosting security.

A section of the M23 in West Sussex is closed due to a diesel spillage caused by a lorry crash. Police, fire crews and paramedics responded at about 04:00 BST on Sunday after a lorry crossed the motorway's central barrier near Crawley.

Trump misidentified images of Congolese victims of fighting in the DRC with murdered South African farmers during a meeting with Ramaphosa.

Former DR Congo president Joseph Kabila on Friday said he would soon visit a city occupied by the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group, in a show of defiance towards his successor after he lost his immunity.

The M23 rebellion began in late 2021 but this year has seen its biggest escalation, with the group seizing Bukavu and Goma, DRC’s largest eastern cities. Millions have been displaced internally, and nearly 140,000 have crossed to neighbouring countries since January.

Thousands of people believed to be illegals from Rwanda were expelled by the M23 from the key major town of Goma on Saturday.

An escalation of fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has strained the Central African nation's public finances, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.

Armed fighters from the M23 group in eastern DR Congo expel thousands of civilians to Rwanda, claiming they are illegal migrants. The United Nations calls for safe and voluntary returns while tensions rise between conflicting groups.

M23 Northbound exit slip road to M25 J7 closed due to roadworks during the night at the link road from J8. From 22:00 on the 22nd to 5:30 on 23rd May.