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Billionaire-backed KoBold Metals Secures DRC Licenses in Push for Manono Lithium
Investing News Network
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August 28, 2025
KoBold Metals, a US-backed mining firm supported by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has received seven new permits to explore for lithium in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The DRC mining registry confirmed on Wednesday (August 27)...
Mapping Urban Gullies in Congo Revealed
Bioengineer.org
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August 28, 2025
Urban Gullies Unveiled: A Hidden Crisis Reshaping the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Cities In the sprawling urban landscapes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a silent yet devastating geomorphic process is threatening...
Africa CDC, WHO Launch Cholera Response As Mpox Trends Shift
News Investigators Nigeria
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August 29, 2025
News Investigators/ Africa CDC, in partnership with WHO and 28 partners, have launched the Continental Cholera Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan 1.0, signalling renewed continental action against cholera. Yap Boum, Deputy Incident Manager...
DRC and M23 resume peace talks in Doha
Al Mayadeen
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August 26, 2025
The Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 have restarted peace talks in Doha under Qatari mediation, as violence persists in eastern Congo and disputes over ceasefire monitoring and prisoner exchanges remain unresolved. The Democratic Republic of...
Hazardous science that helps to save and improve lives needs more support
Nature
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You have full access to this article via your institution. Urban gullies, such as this one in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, are a growing hazard.Credit: Matthias VanmaerckeScientific knowledge is produced mainly at a distance from...
US bids to trump China in DRC mining rush
Kuwait Times
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August 26, 2025
KINSHASA, DR Congo: The United States wants to secure its supply of strategic minerals in conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, hoping to challenge China’s near-monopoly on the lucrative sector. While the strategy has been in the works for...
DRC peace initiatives need sustained international pressure to succeed
Al Jazeera
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August 25, 2025
The conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has historically been influenced by a variety of factors, including ethnic tensions, regional rivalries, and weak political institutions. Against this backdrop, the Washington...
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...
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...
DRC conflict: Is the peace deal with M23 faltering?
Deutsche Welle
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August 20, 2025
On July 19th, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels signed the Doha Declaration of Principlesbrokered by Qatar. This was significant as it built on a peace deal the DRC and Rwanda signed in Washington on June 27....
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...
The origins of COVID-19 and the politics of the “lab-leak” myth: A discussion with science writer Philipp Markolin
World Socialist Web Site
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August 22, 2025
The lab-leak narrative, the concocted right-wing theory that China deliberately created the virus that causes COVID-19, has now been elevated to the level of conventional wisdom in many political and media circles, despite being scientifically...
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,...
HRW: M23 rebels killed 140 civilians in DR Congo in July
United Press International (UPI)
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1 of 5 | Leader of Alliance Fleuve Congo Corneille Nangaa, center, and M23 President Bertrand Bisimwa, center-right, arrived to participate in a cleanup exercise in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in February. M23 (March 23 Movement) rebel...
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...
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...
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...
Belgian foreign minister visits DRC, where interest still runs high
Euro Weekly News
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August 17, 2025
Shocking that nearly 74% of people in DRC live in poverty, and 15% in extreme poverty, according to the World Bank | Credit: Denys.Kutsevalov/Shutterstock The Belgium and Democratic Republic of Congo bilateral relations have come a long way since...
How a DRC coltan mine feeds the tech world and funds M23 rebels
Daily Maverick
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August 18, 2025
Under the watchful eye of M23 rebels in the hills around the Congolese town of Rubaya, a line of men in rubber boots ferry sacks full of crushed rocks up winding paths cut into the slopes. The labourers are hauling coltan ore, a mineral that...
Foreign minister Prévot pays another visit to Congo
Belga News Agency
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August 17, 2025
Just four months after his first visit, Belgian foreign minister Maxime Prévot is returning to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this week. Prévot will visit a total of four countries in Central and East Africa during a week-long mission:...