<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APvuwFLxR9Y/michael-j-kavanagh</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Michael J Kavanagh - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APvuwFLxR9Y/michael-j-kavanagh</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:04:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APvuwFLxR9Y/michael-j-kavanagh.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Congo-Rwanda Peace Threated as Fighting Persists, UNSC Warns]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-22/congo-rwanda-peace-threated-as-fighting-persists-unsc-warns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-22/congo-rwanda-peace-threated-as-fighting-persists-unsc-warns</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:55:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8E6_ohps6Fw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8E6_ohps6Fw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Rwandan National Police officer watches M23 rebel troops arrive at the Rusizi border post joining Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Cyangugu Rwanda, on Feb. 16.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congo’s New Central Bank Chief Wants to Wean Nation Off Dollar]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-22/congo-s-new-central-bank-chief-wants-to-wean-nation-off-dollar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-22/congo-s-new-central-bank-chief-wants-to-wean-nation-off-dollar</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:07:55 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i69dafTKzdK0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i69dafTKzdK0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Andre Wameso, governor of the DRC central bank, in his office in Kinshasa, on Aug. 20. Photographer: Michael J. Kavanagh/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Potential War Crimes Rampant in Eastern Congo, Rights Groups Say]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-20/potential-war-crimes-rampant-in-eastern-congo-rights-groups-say</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-20/potential-war-crimes-rampant-in-eastern-congo-rights-groups-say</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:05:43 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7RQWK.88G3k/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7RQWK.88G3k/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A member of the M23 movement monitors Congolese police officers during an enrollment of civilians, police officers, and former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bukavu on Feb. 22.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congo Says M23 Rebel Attacks Threaten Qatari Peace Talks]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-19/congo-says-m23-rebel-attacks-threaten-qatari-peace-talks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-19/congo-says-m23-rebel-attacks-threaten-qatari-peace-talks</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:43:01 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijLRH47cgaE0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijLRH47cgaE0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Members of the M23 armed group secure a street in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congo Peace May Herald $700 Million Power Deal With US Company]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-08/congo-peace-may-herald-700-million-power-deal-with-us-company</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-08/congo-peace-may-herald-700-million-power-deal-with-us-company</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:20:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congo, Rwanda-Backed Rebels Agree to Principles to End Fighting]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-19/congo-rwanda-backed-rebels-agree-to-principles-to-end-fighting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-19/congo-rwanda-backed-rebels-agree-to-principles-to-end-fighting</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2025 12:19:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYDpt68MJj30/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYDpt68MJj30/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>BUKAVU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - FEBRUARY 22: M23 rebels guard a unit of surrendering Congolese police officers who will be recruited into the rebel group on February 22, 2025 in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. The Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 swept into Bukavu over the weekend, taking control of the city with a population of approximately one million people in Democratic Republic of the Congo&apos;s (DRC) South Kivu Province. Hundreds of thousands of people in the eastern part of the DRC have been displaced as the rebel group has made swift advances against Congolese pro-government forces in recent weeks. (Photo by Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[KoBold Inks Congo Exploration Deal to Grow US Mineral Access]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-18/kobold-inks-exploration-deal-in-congo-to-boost-us-mineral-access</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-18/kobold-inks-exploration-deal-in-congo-to-boost-us-mineral-access</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[William Clowes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:30:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHSMmJqeHNpE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHSMmJqeHNpE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Maxar satellite image showing infrastructure and operational activity at the Manono lithium mine in southeastern DRC, on June 1.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Special Forces Veterans Lead US Bid to Buy Congo Cobalt Miner]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/special-forces-veterans-lead-us-bid-to-buy-congo-cobalt-miner</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/special-forces-veterans-lead-us-bid-to-buy-congo-cobalt-miner</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[William Clowes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:33:23 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXePU0Win93Y/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXePU0Win93Y/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A conveyor belt moves raw cobalt at a mine in Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of Congo.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gertler, a ‘King’ in Congo, Describes Mine Payments in Arbitration Testimony]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-14/billionaire-gertler-describes-congo-mine-payments-in-arbitration-testimony</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-14/billionaire-gertler-describes-congo-mine-payments-in-arbitration-testimony</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iT.CxbiGIAqs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iT.CxbiGIAqs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Dan Gertler in Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2012. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rwanda Will Adhere to US-Backed Congo Peace Deal, Kagame Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-04/rwanda-will-adhere-to-us-backed-congo-peace-deal-kagame-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-04/rwanda-will-adhere-to-us-backed-congo-peace-deal-kagame-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:20:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixYTwoOX0cNQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixYTwoOX0cNQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, from left, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner during a peace agreement signing ceremony at the State Department in Washington. Photographer: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mineral Smuggling From Congo to Rwanda at ‘Unprecedented Levels’, UN Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/mineral-smuggling-from-congo-to-rwanda-at-unprecedented-levels</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/mineral-smuggling-from-congo-to-rwanda-at-unprecedented-levels</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Marks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:13:01 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVDF9A3sesaI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVDF9A3sesaI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A miner holds tungsten ore at a mine near Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congo Wants Deal With Rwanda-Backed Rebels Before Trump Meeting]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30/congo-wants-m23-peace-agreement-before-july-meeting-with-trump</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30/congo-wants-m23-peace-agreement-before-july-meeting-with-trump</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:17:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQxGBtMLgeaQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQxGBtMLgeaQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner. Photographer: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images         </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Congo and Rwanda Agreed to End Three Decades of War]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/congo-rwanda-peace-deal-why-african-nations-agreed-to-end-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/congo-rwanda-peace-deal-why-african-nations-agreed-to-end-war</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 21:56:53 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/inb3q0_Sz3qY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/inb3q0_Sz3qY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>M23 rebel soldiers in Goma in May. Photographer: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congo, Rwanda Sign US-Backed Peace Deal to End Years of War]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/congo-rwanda-sign-us-backed-peace-deal-to-end-decades-of-war</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/congo-rwanda-sign-us-backed-peace-deal-to-end-decades-of-war</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:35:08 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivYH4UemLkCk/v3/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivYH4UemLkCk/v3/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Rwanda’s Nduhungirehe, from left, Rubio and Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kayikwamba during a  signing ceremony at the State Department</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Pushes for Economic Pact in Congo-Rwanda Peace Agreement]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/us-pushes-for-economic-pact-in-congo-rwanda-peace-agreement</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/us-pushes-for-economic-pact-in-congo-rwanda-peace-agreement</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:48:52 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/im6PTA6KYY.Q/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/im6PTA6KYY.Q/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>M23 rebels in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in April.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Looks to Africa Next for Diplomatic Win]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rwanda and Congo are due to sign an accord in Washington, paving the way for US investment.

 ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-27/trump-looks-to-africa-next-for-diplomatic-win-balance-of-power</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-27/trump-looks-to-africa-next-for-diplomatic-win-balance-of-power</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:59:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iyMOXRpUTzWc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iyMOXRpUTzWc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An M23 soldier watches over a group of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda and Wazalendo and Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo fighters in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 10. Photographer: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congo Signs Digital-Identification Deal With Singapore’s Trident]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/singapore-s-trident-signs-digital-identification-deal-with-congo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/singapore-s-trident-signs-digital-identification-deal-with-congo</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:33:52 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ibfSH75mqR2M/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ibfSH75mqR2M/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Firm Backs $760 Million Congo-Rwanda-Burundi Hydropower Plant]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/congo-rwanda-burundi-hydropower-plant-receives-760-million-backing-from-us-firm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/congo-rwanda-burundi-hydropower-plant-receives-760-million-backing-from-us-firm</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:15:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace Deal and Metal Ban Puts Congo at a Crossroad]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-24/next-africa-peace-deal-and-metal-ban-puts-congo-at-a-crossroad</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-24/next-africa-peace-deal-and-metal-ban-puts-congo-at-a-crossroad</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:34:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2q7_XTSkeSk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2q7_XTSkeSk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Felix Tshisekedi Photographer: Pool/Getty Images AsiaPac</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congo’s Biggest Lender Sees Profit Rise 11% as Copper Booms]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-19/congo-s-biggest-lender-sees-profit-rise-11-as-copper-booms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-19/congo-s-biggest-lender-sees-profit-rise-11-as-copper-booms</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:36:43 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>