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Protected forests under threat in DRC's lucrative mining belt

Valery Kyembo was leading an inspection of his community's protected forest reserve deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining belt when two armed Congolese soldiers blocked their way. One ...
The Conversation

DRC: history is repeating itself in Lubumbashi as the world scrambles for minerals to go green

Brandon Marc Finn has received funding from the University of Michigan and Harvard University to conduct this research. Patrick Brandful Cobbinah has received research funding from the Lincoln ...
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UNHCR assists 6,300 IDPs in DRC's Katanga province

Over the last 10 days, we have been handing out aid packages to more than 6,300 internally displaced people (IDPs) who have returned to their homes in an extremely remote area in the eastern Katanga ...
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Hundreds of thousands of Congolese flee violence in Katanga province's triangle of death

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, November 18 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Tuesday expressed deep concern about the "catastrophic" humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of ...
Washington Examiner

Congo city of Lubumbashi attacked by 240 fighters

LUBUMBASHI, Congo (AP) — Residents say hundreds of fighters from a Congolese militia have attacked the southeast mining center of Lubumbashi. The governor of Katanga province, Moise Katumbi, appealed ...