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What coltan mining in the DRC costs people and the environment

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is rich in natural resources – its untapped deposits of minerals are estimated to be worth US$24 trillion. Gold, diamonds, cobalt and zinc are among them.

The Conversation

Rwanda says soldiers kidnapped by rebels in DR Congo

Kigali says two soldiers held captive by FDLR rebels, accuses Kinshasa of backing the armed group.

Al Jazeera

UN: Latest DRC violence has displaced more than 72,000 people

Eastern DRC has experienced near-constant conflict since 1996, in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide.

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‘You hear bullets, you run’: Congolese refugees stream over Uganda’s border

As thousands flee the latest fighting in DRC to join 1.5m already in Uganda, the UN’s food aid agency is stretched as never before

The Guardian - UK

Médecins Sans Frontières condemned for ‘profiting from exploitative images’

Medical charity criticised for using images that ‘endanger and exploit children’ amid row over photos from DRC identifying child rape survivor

The Guardian - UK

Q&A: DRC has more to lose than gain in regional bloc – opposition

Opposition leader believes the DRC has more to lose than gain from its recent integration into the eastern African bloc.

Al Jazeera

DR Congo military accused of shelling civilians in Rwanda

The allegations follow claims by DR Congo officials of Rwandan forces supporting armed groups in DRC.

Al Jazeera

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The UK’s view of Rwanda is deeply ignorant – I once fell prey to it myself

The refugee deal with President Kagame reveals a profound misunderstanding of history, says Giles Foden, author of The Last King of Scotland

The Guardian - UK

Médecins Sans Frontières pulls images of teenage rape survivor after outcry

NGO takes down photos of girl, 16, from DRC from website after critics call them unethical and racist

The Guardian - UK

What M23's on-and-off insurgency tells us about DRC's precarious search for peace

Since March 2022, fighting has escalated in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between the army and the rebel group March 23 Movement, more widely known as M23. The group allegedly attacked army positions near the border with Uganda and Rwanda. In addition, a UN helicopter crashed in the…

The Conversation

The rights of refugees in Africa are under threat: what can be done

In April 2022, 70 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were reportedly detained and then deported by the Zimbabwe government. Once back in the DRC, their government rejected 15 of them, who were sent back to detention facilities in Harare. The incident raises legal questions around human rights…

The Conversation

Explained | What is the monkeypox virus and how is it transmitted?

The first case of the virus in humans was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in a nine-year-old boy.

The Hindu

Can Museveni and Kagame’s renewed bromance inspire regional peace?

Cordial relations between the presidents of Uganda and Rwanda remain crucial to the progress of East Africa.

Al Jazeera

‘Lawless logging’ in DRC raises concerns over $500m forests deal signed by Boris Johnson

Critics say cash from UK, Norway, France and Germany could be wasted as damning report reveals illegalities, corruption and environmental crimes

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Burundi: Rickshaws, motorcycle taxis and bicycle cabs banned in Bujumbura

Citing safety concerns, Burundi bans rickshaws, commercial motorcycle taxis and bicycle cabs in Bujumbura, the country's biggest city. Drivers say the move will put thousands out of work. Also, Uganda's only licensed cannabis farm grows only for export, as use of its crop remains illegal in the country. But there…

France 24

Six people killed in suspected bomb blast in Goma, DR Congo

In this edition of Eye on Africa, we go to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where six people have died following an explosion in a military camp in Goma. Meanwhile, the DRC's president travels to Nairobi to sign his country’s treaty of accession to the East Africa Community. And we…

Radio France Internationale

DRC's indigenous Batwa being wiped out in the name of conservation: NGO

Murder, rape, arson, immolating children and mutilating corpses are among some of the rights abuses allegedly being carried out against indigenous people by the military and forest rangers at Kahuzi Biega National Park, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Radio France Internationale

The DRCongo Lucha activists' sentencing is another example of lack of freedom: activists

The sentencing of 13 activists to one year in prison in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for speaking out against the government-imposed “state of siege” is an example of the curtailing of freedom in the public space, according to activists and human rights experts.

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Al Jazeera

Investigation documents murder, rape by DRC national park guards

Report says US, German-funded park guards and DRC soldiers committed multiple atrocities in Kahuzi-Biega National Park.

Radio France Internationale

East African Community expands with the recent addition of DRC

The East African Community’s (EAC) membership has grown to seven with the official admission of the Democratic Republic of Congo as a new member. The other members are Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan.

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 2 April 2022

How do you lose $625,000,000 on a blockchain browser game? This week we are going to Axie Infinity, and beyond the realms of common sense.

Al Jazeera

DRC parliament votes out economy minister over inflation

Legislators blamed Jean-Marie Kalumba for soaring prices of goods and mismanagement of the fishing industry.

Al Jazeera

Eight killed as UN helicopter crashes in eastern DRC

Six Pakistanis, Russian and Serbian peacekeepers die as chopper crashes during reconnaissance mission in North Kivu.

The Conversation

DRC is set to become 7th member of the east Africa trading bloc: what's in it for everyone

Shortly after his controversial electoral victory in early 2019, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi sought to get his country admitted into the East African Community. Recently, the East African Community ministers recommended the DRC’s admission, a decision set to be formalised by the bloc’s…

Radio France Internationale

Doctors without Borders suspends operations in NE Congo due to violence

French charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) announced on Monday that it would stop its humanitarian aid operations in two villages in the north eastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo due to an increase in violent attacks, two of which recently targeted its workers.

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