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Rubaya mine produces about 15% of the world’s coltan, which is processed into tantalum, used in mobile phonesMore than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan min...
Virunga park ranger says babies are well cared for by mother Mafuko but high infant mortality makes first weeks criticalIt was noon by the time Jacques Katutu first saw the newborn mountain ...
Afghanistan and Yemen excluded from list of 17 priority countries chosen by Trump administration to receive aid laden with demandsThe $2bn (£1.5bn) of aid the
Mike Waltz warns ‘spoilers’ will be held to account as rebel fighters escalate offensive in South Kivu provinceThe US has accused Rwanda of violating a US-brokered peace agreement by backing...
Global Witness says plan to upgrade railway line to Angola puts up to 1,200 buildings at risk of demolitionUp to 6,500 people are at risk of being displaced in the Democratic Republic of the...
Exclusive: Analyst claims UK officials deleted alert to threat of genocidal violence by paramilitaries to protect UAEWarnings of a possible “genocide” in Sudan were removed ...
Reports highlight devastating impact of slashed funding, especially in parts of Africa, that could lead to 3.3m new HIV infections by 2030In Mozambique, a teenage rape victim sought care at ...
Environmentalists seeking to end logging, smuggling and pollution in DRC’s Mangrove Marine park faced threats, violence and rapePeople who have tried to expose unlawful ownership and profit-...
Exclusive: In the year they announced record profits, Britain’s arms maker has revoked licence to fly for planes taking supplies of food to starving people in South Sudan, Somalia and DRCBri...
Brussels urged to impose stronger sanctions against Rwanda, as it has in response to Russia for its war in UkraineThe Democratic Republic of the Congo has accused the EU of “an obvious doubl...
Military court convicts Kabila of war crimes, treason and other offences in verdict that could fuel enduring tensionsA military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has sentenced th...
Incineration of $9.7m of contraceptives to lead to 174,000 unintended pregnancies and 56,000 unsafe abortions, IPPF saysA decision by the US government to incinerate more than $9.7m (£7.3m) ...
