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DR Congo: Civil society groups call for reassessment of China mining deal
Africanews
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August 25, 2025
Civil society groups and NGOs in the Democratic Republic of Congo are calling for another reassessment of a controversial “minerals for infrastructure” deal with China. When it was renegotiated more than a year ago, it was described as the...
DR Congo cobalt output increases to 15% in H1 2025
African Mining Market
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August 25, 2025
Chinese group CMOC and Swiss miner Glencore, which together account for about 70% of cobalt exports from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), produced 78,773 tons in the first half of 2025, an increase of 15% compared with the same period in...
Trade and investments at risk as relations between Kenya and Congo sink farther
Zawya
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Kenya have not always been close friends. However, being members of the same economic bloc and having to trade with each other has meant they relate cordially. But the relationship has been getting cold...
Africa — by size and numbers
Brandon Sun
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August 26, 2025
Opinion Two Africa-based advocacy groups, Africa No Filter and Speak Up Africa, launched a “Change the Map” campaign in April. “When whole generations, in Africa and elsewhere, learn from a distorted map, they develop a biased view of Africa’s...
Diamond czar Maurice Tempelsman, Jackie O companion, dead at 95
Japan Today
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August 25, 2025
Maurice Tempelsman, a renowned diamond merchant and long-time companion of former U.S. first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, has died in New York, his family said. He was 95. His death at a Manhattan hospital on Saturday was caused by...
QMP expands meat, poultry distribution in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Food Business Africa Magazine
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August 14, 2025
DRC – Quality Meat Packers (QMP), a Kenyan-based meat processing company, is introducing its full range of meat, poultry, and processed products to the Democratic Republic of Congo through a partnership with retailer Kin Marché. The rollout begins...
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Healthcare Providers on Antibiotics Use and Resistance in Hospital Settings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Dove Medical Press
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August 12, 2025
Introduction An antibiotic is any chemical compound, derived from a living organism or produced synthetically, whose therapeutic activity is manifested at very low doses, specifically by inhibiting bacterial growth (bacteriostatic effect) or...
OADC Launches OAfabric in Nigeria, DRC to Drive Africa’s $712bn Digital Economy, Cloud Growth
TechEconomy
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August 21, 2025
Advertisements Africa’s digital economy is projected to reach $712 billion by 2050, up from $180 billion in 2025, however the continent still faces low internet penetration of 43%, compared to the global average of 68%. And for businesses, this...
Congo’s Peace Negotiations Fall Through
Foreign Policy
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August 20, 2025
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Fighting ramps up in eastern Congo as peace talks fall through, Mali’s junta arrests generals and a French national over an alleged destabilization plot, and a toxic spill at a...
US uses sanctions, diplomacy in Congo to push for peace
GhanaWeb
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August 20, 2025
The Trump administration wants peace in eastern Congo. How to achieve this may involve rewards and punishment. At least, that is how it has been since President Donald Trump expressed an interest in ending what he labelled a 'bad war'. This week,...
Trans African Tourism and Unity Campaign launched in Accra
Graphic
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August 25, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign has started a historic 40,000-kilometre road journey across 39 African countries, from August 18, 2025. This initiative is a 163-day road journey across Africa with the sole objective of promoting a...
After Trump-backed peace deal, survivors recount rebel massacre in Congo
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Rwandan-backed fighters from the M23 rebel group killed scores of civilians last month in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to survivors, undermining a new American push to resolve one of the world’s most complex and intractable...
IU Invest Moves Into DRC Mining, Challenging China’s Grip on Cobalt Supply
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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August 20, 2025
Austrian investor Cevdet Caner has made a bold entry into Africa’s mining landscape, acquiring majority control of a copper-cobalt project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)—the world’s largest cobalt producer and a region long dominated by...
Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Sanctions Armed Groups, Companies ‘Fueling Conflict’ in Eastern DR Congo
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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August 17, 2025
The United States government announced new sanctions targeting armed groups involved in illegal mining and those profiting from conflict minerals in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The Department of the Treasury designated...
The Renovated National Road 1 Between Kinshasa, Kwango And Kwilu Is Boosting Economic Activity In The South-West Of The Democratic Republic Of Congo
MENAFN
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August 1, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, August 1, 2025/APO Group/ -- In Kikwit, in Kwilu province in the south-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the "lower town" market is bustling. No-one seems bothered by the sun,...
Belgium’s Congo trip highlights mineral stakes amid rebel-controlled region
Brussels Signal
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August 19, 2025
Belgium’s foreign minister Maxime Prévot is due to visit Congo in the next few days for peace talks and discussions on mining governance, an agenda that connects conflict in eastern Congo with Europe’s technology supply chains. His stop in...
How science links extreme weather disasters to climate change: Interview with WWA’s Clair Barnes
Mongabay
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August 25, 2025
Scientifically attributing extreme weather events like floods or drought to climate change versus other natural processes or human activities is tricky. But since 2014, the World Weather Attribution, an international network of researchers, has...
DR Congo-M23 peace plan: Will a political solution take hold?
Yeni Safak
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August 18, 2025
After decades of brutal conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, hopes for peace are once again on the horizon. The Congolese government and a coalition of rebel groups led by M23 are expected to sign a comprehensive peace agreement...
New DRC Mines Minister Louis Watum Strengthens Ties with China
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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August 18, 2025
DRC’s New Mines Minister Louis Watum Meets Chinese Ambassador to Bolster Mining Cooperation Louis Watum Kabamba, newly appointed Minister of Mines in the Suminwa II government, officially took office on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, succeeding...
US Branch Of Global Commodities Firm BGN International To Launch Joint Digital Commodity Centre
MENAFN
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August 24, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has signed an agreement with the US branch of global energy and commodities firm BGN International to launch a digital commodity centre. This will mark a first-of-its-kind platform...