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Originally published by Citizen DigitalSeptember 6, 2025
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Land quarrels in rebel-occupied Congo threaten Trump peace deal

The resulting tensions could complicate efforts to bring peace and investment to a war-hit region that produces strategic minerals such as coltan, cobalt, copper and lithium......
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Land disputes are threatening a June peace deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration in eastern Congo, a region rich in strategic minerals. Farmers returning after fleeing M23 rebel advances are finding their land occupied by newcomers, including some Rwandans, causing significant tension.
- Over 200 Congolese families in Goma reported land occupation by others, according to U.N. refugee agency data.
- The M23 rebel group established an "arbitration centre" to address hundreds of land dispute cases.
- Abdu Djuma Burunga, a farmer from Kibumba, returned to find his fields occupied by strangers speaking Kinyarwanda, the Rwandan language.
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