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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has demanded a ceasefire in Eastern DRC after M23 rebels reported to have taken over most of ...

China has reportedly withdrawn from two huge projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cambodia in recent months. As such reported withdrawal comes amid sluggish economic growth, the question ...

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

The scene is the result of the invasion of Goma on January 27th by M23, an armed group under the control of Rwanda, Congo’s neighbour, which abuts the city. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, has ...

The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.

Parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are under siege by a Rwanda-backed rebel group. The violence has killed UN peacekeepers, overwhelmed hospitals, displaced hundreds of thousands and ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The surrounding landscape is devastated — centuries-old trees have been uprooted, and ...

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The African Development Bank is developing mechanisms to increase access to local-currency debt that the continent needs to ...

The copper market enters 2025 with even more uncertainty than usual. How is our copper exposure looking? Click here to find ...