Is Trump mulling a minerals deal with conflict-hit DR Congo?
Recognising that the White House of President Donald Trump is interested in transactional relationships - and seeing the ...
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Europe’s Shameful Role in the War in Congo
The war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border with Rwanda, has caused at least six million deaths in ...
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US Expresses Willingness to Explore Mineral Partnerships with the Democratic Republic of Congo
The United States has expressed interest in exploring potential p (DRC) focused on critical minerals, according to a statement from the US State Department published on Sunday March 9. This comes ...
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Never again or never without gain: Belgium's cartographic crimes against Africa
When global powers chant never again after atrocities, we must ask: do they truly mean repentance, or do they mean never again without profit? Belgium's colonial strategy had one objective: relentless ...
Hindustan Times15d
Wounded South African soldiers return home from DR Congo
The wounded troops were part of a mission sent by the 16-nation Southern African Development Community bloc in 2023 to help Kinshasa quell unrest in the mineral ... January, DR Congo's Prime ...
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Burundi troops deploy in east DRC, as UK pauses most aid
Burundi troops -- allies of Kinshasa -- were still deploying Tuesday in east DR Congo, as the UK announced it was suspending ...
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DR Congo stops cobalt exports in attempt to halt sliding prices
The move, if fully enforced, would be the most dramatic action taken to stabilise the depressed cobalt market by the DR Congo, which is the world’s largest producer. “It has come as quite a ...
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Map Reveals Where World's Rare Earth Minerals Are Located
The map above ... in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 17, 2023. More Emmet Livingstone/AFP via Getty Images Access to valuable minerals may have also contributed to Trump's ...
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70 Christians decapitated in DR Congo
The ADF is just one of the over 120 militias – including the Rwanda-backed M23 – fighting in the east of the DRC, and struggle mostly over mineral resources and territorial control that has ...
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Over 7,000 killed in eastern DR Congo since January: PM
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has seized large swathes of the mineral-rich eastern DRC A ... backed armed group M23 offensives in eastern DR Congo that has left thousands dead and displaced.
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Congo offers US, Europe minerals in exchange for peace
In a bold diplomatic move, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi has reportedly proposed granting the United States and Europe access to the country’s vast mineral ...
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DR Congo president plans unity government
The M23's capture of swathes of eastern Congo and valuable mineral deposits has fanned fears ... The head of the UN mission in DR Congo said on Friday that rebels in the eastern North Kivu ...