Congo president says Ugandan troops’ presence will be temporary
HEREWARD HOLLAND DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo’s president Felix Tshisekedi has pledged that Ugandan troops’ presence in Congo, where they are
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Could this be the next big thing in Africa?
A proximity to raw materials and the availability of renewable power was always likely to be the winning formula for an electric economy if only the funding and political will were in place. A pilot in the DRC suggests it is. Could this signal an exciting new source of income and beneficiation -and maybe kickstart an entire new economy – for Africa?
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Villagers search for bodies after shipwreck
DJAFFAR AL KATANTY VILLAGERS searched for bodies in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Lake Kivu on Friday after a passenger
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EXCLUSIVE: EU suspends funding to WHO programmes in Congo after sex scandal
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY and FRANCESCO GUARASCIO THE European Commission has suspended funding to the World Health Organization’s programmes in the Democratic
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Truck plunges into river in DRC, killing around 50
ABOUT 50 people were killed in southern Democratic Republic of Congo when a truck overturned and plunged into a river,
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DRC-China $6-billion mining deal ‘unconscionable’
AARON ROSS and HELEN REID DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo should renegotiate its $6 billion infrastructure-for-minerals deal with Chinese investors, according
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DRC-China $6-billion mining deal ‘unconscionable’
AARON ROSS and HELEN REID DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo should renegotiate its $6 billion infrastructure-for-minerals deal with Chinese investors, according
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Plane crash in eastern Congo kills three
A small plane crashed shortly after take-off in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday, killing all three people on board,
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Kinshasa hospitals ‘overwhelmed’
HOSPITALS in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa are “overwhelmed” by a rise in COVID-19 infections, President Felix Tshisekedi
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‘Congo faces third wave of coronavirus’
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo is facing a third wave of coronavirus infections, with its epicentre in the capital, Kinshasa, one
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