North of the limits of the Lukutwe community forest concession, two armed soldiers stepped in front of Valery Kyembo and his ...

West Africa is at the center of the US-China power struggle, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The DRC ...

Kinshasa has sent Washington a shortlist of mines and projects as part of a push to turn diplomacy into supply-chain ...

Valery Kyembo was leading an inspection of his community's protected forest reserve deep in the Democratic Republic of ...

This action, confirmed by senior Congolese officials in January 2026, represents a direct effort to reduce China's influence in the region’s mining sector. The submission follows renewed U.S.

At the DRC Country Showcase at the Future Minerals Forum, the Democratic Republic of Congo made a strong case for partnership ...

Sources close to the mining industry tell The Africa Report that industry players, as well as senior officials from the ...

The area that Kinshasa wants to develop has cumulative iron ore resources of 15 billion to 20 billion tonnes grading more ...

Global cobalt production is estimated to have grown rapidly in 2025 to reach 330 kilotonnes, driven by output from Indonesia ...

Amid controversies over tariffs and their effects, one particularly destructive barrier to trade has gone overlooked: restrictions on “conflict minerals” that exacerbate poverty in the developing ...

On today’s show, independent policy think tank the Oakland Institute has come out with a new report about land grabbing and mineral grabbing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo entitled, “Shafted: ...

Hanri Mostert receives funding from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa. She is a member of the Expropriation Expert Group and a steering committee member of the International Bar ...