A Conflict in Congo
Critical minerals factor into the fight.
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What you need to know about fighting in Democratic Republic of Congo
The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide.Numerous armed groups have competed with the central ...
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Situation Update: What is Happening in the DRC?
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DRC: Gécamines looks beyond China amid critical mineral rush
The DRC’s Gécamines is forging new partnerships with the US, Japan and France amid soaring demand for critical minerals, but ...
DR Congo’s president says country won’t be humiliated after rebels claim takeover
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel ...
What is happening in eastern Congo? Rebels claim they captured a key city
Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo were losing control of the key city of Goma on Wednesday after rebel groups backed ...
Rwanda-backed rebels seize control of Congo’s Goma after violent clashes
After a lightning offensive, M23 rebels now control Goma, a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
What is happening in Congo and why are M23 rebels fighting?
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN GOMA? After entering Goma on Monday night, the rebels faced pockets of resistance, particularly around ...
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Rukungiri-Kanungu road boosts trade, livelihoods
Mr Joshua Rukundo, the director Kigezi Coffee Development Academy, said transporting coffee to Kampala has been a challenge because of the stretch from Kanungu to Rukungiri as service providers would ...
Mpox in the DRC: residents of the slum at the centre of Kinshasa’s epidemic have little chance of avoiding this major health crisis
Long known as a virus confined to rural areas, mpox has reached Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.