Much of DRC’s mineral wealth is split between its government and armed groups who control swathes of the resource-rich east. “Access to natural resources is at the heart of this conflict ...

Last October, four female eastern lowland gorillas were airlifted from their home in Kasuhgo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and released ... that it was the natural time to let the ...

The pardon also comes less than a week after the United States and DRC engaged in talks about a deal for minerals, namely lithium, of which the DRC has substantial natural ... E.l.f Beauty to ...

“This project is an organised sell-off of the region’s natural resources in a capitalist system,” Saleh said. “And especially in the case of the DRC, the Congolese will be like commission ...

Responses to the crisis in DRC are often informed by simplistic readings of the causes of war. Pundits and influencers – including on social media – rehash tired colonial tropes about natural ...

Sourcing natural resources from the DRC is nothing new, nor are the wounds the practice inflicts on the country. Rubber, ivory, gold and diamonds have all wrought misery in Congo since the 1800s.