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Congo plans border post expansion as mining trucks endure up to 60 km queues

Congo plans border post expansion as mining trucks endure up to 60 km queues

CLARA DENINA, PRATIMA DESAI and HELEN REID THE Democratic Republic of Congo plans to expand its main border post with Zambia, a source close to its government said, to ease truck queues of up to 60 km that copper miners have faced this year due to increased production and inadequate infrastructure. The backlog of trucks at Kasumbalesa, a border town and the main exit point for metals exports from Congo, is an example of supply chain disruption that will make it harder to meet future demand for copper, essential for electric vehicles. "A construction project for a second Lubumumbashi -…
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Chad, C.A.R call for UN probe into border incident

Chad, C.A.R call for UN probe into border incident

CHAD and the Central African Republic (CAR) has called on the United Nations and African Union to investigate an incident at a border post in which at least six Chadian soldiers were killed by Central African troops, a joint statement said Tuesday. The incident threatens to escalate tensions between the two countries since Chad participated in African efforts to stabilise CAR in 2013, which has been wracked by rebel insurgencies ever since. "The two parties have recognised the gravity of the situation and stress the urgency of clarifying the circumstances in which this attack was carried out," the countries' foreign…
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