DAKAR/KINSHASA, March 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. has made progress in its push to prise Congo's strategic minerals from China's orbit, but conflict, contested licences and compliance demands are still ...
UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations' acting top envoy for Congo warned the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that the conflict in mineral-rich eastern Congo is escalating and expanding, with ...
Following the initial reports of a fresh Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday, a deeper ...
In a recent article titled Blood minerals in DR Congo: Myth or reality? the author questions whether mineral exploitation meaningfully fuels violence in eastern Congo. This framing is misleading. It ...
A key driver of the ongoing conflict in eastern DR Congo is the political and ideological narratives that the Congolese government associates with Rwanda. For many Congolese national political leaders ...