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Myths of coltan exploitation in the 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 ...
Helen’s child by rape gives her a link “forward into the future.” Bearing children also meant protecting them from their ...
MONUSCO, the U.N. peacekeeping force in the DRC, said the reported killings were under investigation but remained unverified.
Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, teams that ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Men sit outside the general hospital in Basankusu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, where some victims of ...
More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial ...
With three neighbouring armies already on the ground, a conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is evolving into a wider regional war.
Congo, which is rich in cobalt, lithium and uranium, has been fighting Rwanda-backed M23 rebels that seized swathes of its ...
Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo, which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed rebels advanced and took control of the strategic eastern Congo city of Goma. In ...