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Myths of coltan exploitation in DR Congo
For decades, the Masisi region in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo stood as a beacon of prosperity, famed for its cattle herding and farming. Its fertile lands made it the breadbasket of the ...
A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...
The Central African Copper Bonanza by Timo Särkkä analyses the Western colonial origins of the mining industry and its ...
Congo’s army has appeared too weak and dysfunctional to stop a militia that has swept through the eastern part of the country ...
He declared himself to be the sole proprietor of the African Congo which was a land mass about ... a series of columns he is writing about Black history as the nation observes Black History ...
In the remote village of Chegera, near Bukavu, at least 26 women were raped as Congolese troops and their allies retreated in ...
The M23 rebels' rapid advance is the latest chapter in eastern DR Congo's long history of instability. And what factors were different in 2013, when Congo's army finally drove the last M23 fighters ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has yet to establish a link between the outbreaks in the two villages, leaving health experts puzzled over potential causes and transmission modes. The first ...
The Catholic Church, which has a long history of monitoring Congo’s elections, accused the national electoral commission of presiding over an “electoral catastrophe.” A displacement camp ...