ITSCI resumes 3T mineral traceability in Walikale, DRC, after March 2025 suspension Risks persist from illegal taxes and armed group involvement along transport routes Smuggling and certification ...

A solar minigrid in a Goma neighborhood where almost everyone lacked access to electricity just five years ago is offering a ...

Instead, these agreements facilitate the takeover of our natural wealth by countries like Belgium and the United States ... François Kamate is a young climate and human rights defender from North Kivu ...

The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January, when the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advanced and seized the ...

Ugandan soldiers said they ‘occupied’ two DRC towns as the Rwandan-backed M23 continues to hold territory elsewhere.

By Blaise Kasereka Makuta Virunga is Africa’s first national park, created by Belgian royal decree in 1925. Named for the mountains that straddle the borders between modern-day Democratic Republic of ...

President Samson Ndayishimiye speaks exclusively to Cyclingnews about DRC conflict, reducing costs and the Worlds’ impact on African cycling ...

At the time, the Kivu Province encompassed North Kivu, South Kivu, and Maniema, with Bukavu as its capital. Originally named Costermansville Province in 1933, it was renamed Kivu Province in 1947.

In December 2024 and January 2025, while the M23 rebel group backed by Rwanda has continued fighting and seizing key towns in the Eastern Congo’s North and South Kivu provinces, several Chinese ...

The country has been accused of exporting looted and smuggled coltan from DRC for over two decades. For context, much of the coltan in the region is mined artisanally, particularly in the North and ...

Both nations declared their independence from Belgium in the 1960s. The United States established diplomatic relations with the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960, and in 1962 with Rwanda.

Virunga National Park in war-ravaged eastern Congo is marking its 100th anniversary this month by producing 25,000 handcrafted treats at a nearby chocolate factory to be sold in Europe, including ...