This bleak situation, persisting since independence, is caused in part by inadequate governance of our natural resources and in part by a lack of serious commitment from the DRC's international ...

Map: Natural resources in DR Congo. Africa’s second-largest country, the main batteground for two regional wars, ... The DRC is holding parliamentary and presidential elections on November 28, ...

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, ...

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 ...

Mineral resources are a big part of the DRC’s economy. Reuters/Jonny Hogg. Why dependence on natural resources is bad for the DRC Published: November 8, 2015 10:55pm EST. Yvan Yenda ...

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 ...

A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a little over a week after it took control of the region’s ...

The DRC is Africa’s largest industrial diamond producer, followed by Botswana and South Africa. Botswana ranks number one in Africa for the production of gem-quality diamonds – used for jewellery.

United Nations - Five experts led by a former minister of energy from Cote d'Ivoire, Safiatou Ba-N'Daw, have been appointed to investigate illegal trading in natural resources by warring parties in ...

How the DRC became the ... partly due to brutal conflict but also a corrupt elite accused of siphoning off the nation’s natural resources. ... an organisation that maps violence in eastern DRC.

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 ...

Launch of the coalition des ONG pour la récupération des actifs miniers, pétroliers et forestiers du peuple congolais Coalition of Congolese NGOs for the Recovery of the Mining, Oil, and ...