Tag: DRC
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🇨🇩 M23’s Shadow Over Eastern Congo: How Fear Becomes a Tool of Control
A disturbing image from territory described as being under AFC-M23 control raises a larger question: why does armed violence against civilians become a tool of territorial control in eastern Congo? Documented investigations reveal patterns of killings, detention, forced recruitment and intimidation—and a conflict where fear itself has become a weapon.
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🇨🇩 NBA Africa to Build 55 Basketball Courts Across DR Congo to Honor Dikembe Mutombo
NBA Africa and Quest Water Global are planning to build or renovate 55 basketball courts across the Democratic Republic of Congo by 2030, honoring late NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo and expanding opportunities for young Congolese athletes.
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🇨🇩 DRC Seeks to Revive Oil Exploration at Lake Albert as Kinshasa Looks Toward Uganda and China
The Democratic Republic of Congo is seeking to revive oil exploration on its side of Lake Albert after roughly 15 years of stalled development. President Félix Tshisekedi’s government is looking toward closer cooperation with Uganda and China as Kinshasa attempts to unlock the region’s petroleum potential and connect eastern Congo to wider energy and infrastructure…
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🇩🇰 The Ambassador: A Controversial Journey Into Africa’s Diamond Trade
The Ambassador takes viewers into the Central African Republic’s diamond trade through Danish filmmaker Mads Brügger’s unconventional undercover investigation. Although the film is not set in the DRC, its questions about mineral access, foreign investment, diplomacy and African resource value chains remain relevant to today’s Congo mining debate.
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🇨🇩 KoBold Metals uses AI to search for critical minerals in Congo
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in Africa, African Business, Bauxite, Geopolitics, Gold, Investment, Iron Ore, Lithium, Minerals, MiningKoBold Metals is using artificial intelligence, geological data, satellite imagery and thousands of soil samples to search for lithium and other critical minerals around Manono in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The project highlights a new phase of African mineral exploration — where AI and geological intelligence are becoming as strategically important as the resources…
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Kenya: MSF trains health workers to be sent to Ebola-hit DR Congo
MSF has established an Ebola training centre in Nairobi to prepare health workers for the fastest-growing outbreak in DR Congo, which has claimed at least 600 lives since mid-May 2026. The facility simulates high-risk field conditions, including personal protective equipment use, community engagement, and safe burial practices, addressing challenges such as armed conflict and misinformation.…
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🇨🇩 Inside the gold rush village hit by mine collapse tragedy
Rescue operations at an artisanal gold mine in the village of Lomera in the Democratic Republic of Congo are continuing after a number of shafts collapsed over the weekend. Local reports say an unknown number of miners are trapped underground while the number of people killed remains unclear. The area is in South Kivu province…
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The Great War of Africa: A Forgotten Tragedy That Shaped a Continent
World leaders are currently focused on preventing a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah, but there is another conflict, far more devastating and often overlooked, that demands urgent attention. This is not a new crisis but a haunting repeat of a war that engulfed the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, and Uganda from…
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Chinese Miners Released Despite Operating Illegally in the DRC, Sparking Outrage
On December 24, 2024, the Congolese government released 14 of the 17 Chinese nationals arrested the previous week for operating an illegal gold mine in Karhembo, South Kivu Province. The arrests had followed an unannounced raid by local authorities on the unlicensed mining operation. The released individuals are now en route back to China, while…