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'International Demand for Coltan Is Linked to Violence in the DR Congo'
CIVICUS speaks with Claude Iguma, a mining governance expert with a PhD in Social Sciences, who is based in Bukavu, South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).On 27 June, the ...
Inside the Congolese mine vital to mobile phones, as rebels give BBC rare access
M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control ...
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Congo Braces for HIV Surge After U.S. Funding Stops
The mineral-rich provinces of South and North Kivu along the eastern flank of the Democratic Republic of Congo should be ...
Cholera Cases Soar In Congo As Outbreak Hits 'Acute Phase'
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing a sharp resurgence of cholera, with cases reported in 17 of its 36 prov ...
The Canadian Press on MSN3d
Bloodbath in Democratic Republic of Congo, Islamic State-aligned rebels kill 66 civilians
Fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which has ties to IS, killed civilians in the area of Irumu in the east of ...
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DR Congo faces alarming Cholera surge with over 35,000 cases in 2025
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with a major cholera resurgence, with more than 35,000 infections reported across 17 of the country’s 36 provinces since the beginning of the ...
The Nigerian Voice11d
The DR Congo-Rwanda Deal: Now Comes The Hard Part
A new peace agreement offers hope of quelling hostilities between Kinshasa and Kigali in the eastern Democratic Republic of ...