Democratic Republic of Congo is set to receive more than 30 deportees from the United States this week, four sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

The deportees are not citizens of DR Congo. Some are from Central and South America, according to one source and US court documents.

One source familiar with the matter said the deportees would total 37, while another put the figure at 45.

They will be the first to land in the Central African country as part of an agreement with the Trump administration announced on April 5.

Minerals

The move coincides with Washington's efforts to implement a US-brokered peace deal between DR Congo and Rwanda aimed at ending fighting in eastern DR Congo.

The migrant deportation agreement also follows the signing of a strategic partnership granting the United States preferential access to DR Congo's critical minerals.

The timing of the arrival of the deportees and details on how they will be accommodated have not been previously reported.

The deportees are expected to reach Kinshasa by Friday and be housed in a hotel near the capital's main airport, three of the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

DRC says it will not incur costs

Kinshasa has previously stressed it will not spend any money as part of its third-country deportees deal with the United States.

The US has previously sent third-country deportees to African states including Ghana, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Eswatini.