The country’s economy remains highly dependent on extraction and export of minerals such ...

Natural Resources in the DRC shows the country’s deposits of diamonds, gold, coltan, uranium, tin, copper/cobalt and oil The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – Africa’s second-largest ...

To achieve a sustainable and enduring peace in eastern DRC, it is essential to address the root causes of the conflict. The region’s vast deposits of natural resources – especially rare earth minerals ...

More than 355,000 Congolese have fled their homes so far this year in 2022, according to the UN, pushing the number of those displaced in DRC due ... the nation’s natural resources.

Besides this, the fight over natural resources is one of the biggest reasons for the DRC’s ongoing conflict. Lack of effective governance over the mining sector has created a plethora of abusers, ...

The DRC’s economy is driven by agriculture, mineral resources, manufacturing and services. Over the past decade, the agricultural sector has been declining as the country’s major contributor ...

Much of DRC’s mineral wealth is split between its government and armed groups who control swathes of the resource-rich east. “Access to natural resources is at the heart of this conflict ...

This network presently includes 180 member associations reaching 30,000 to 50,000 people in all the DRC provinces. This platform aims to increase the participation of indigenous peoples in the ...

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Minister of Justice Rose Mutombo filed an International Criminal Court (ICC) complaint against Rwanda on Tuesday over Rwanda’s alleged involvement in the theft ...

Beneath the surface of Africa lies a wealth of mineral resources of enormous value ... of the world’s oil and 8 percent of the world’s natural gas reserves. The continent also holds 40 ...

The DRC panel will "follow up on reports and collect information on all activities of illegal exploitation of natural resources and other forms of wealth," the council said in June. It could therefore ...

Kigali - A Ugandan-backed rebel group operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday denied United Nations claims that it was plundering precious natural resources in northern areas of ...