This allowed UMHK access to the extraction of another resource that would shape the global geopolitical landscape: uranium – extracted from the Shinkolobwe mine in Katanga. It was the Belgian ...
At stake in the Congo were the immense riches offered by the Katanga region, whose uranium deposits were of particular interest to the US authorities for their own use and to avoid them falling ...
Hundreds of people have been brutally killed and more than 150,000 have fled their homes in remote parts of Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Local residents of the area ...