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Scottish actor Thierry Mabonga, who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said actors should have been warned about Davidson's condition.
11 days ago
Floating cities of logs: can the ‘lungs of Africa’ survive its exploitation? ⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The Congo River basin is one of the planet’s most biodiverse ecosystems. But it is also home to a growing population and relentless trade in timber and charcoal
“You can’t be scared of the storms,” sa…
12 days ago
The rise of the floating gas factory ⊕
A giant LNG plant moored in the sea off Congo is a cutting-edge way of supplying Europe with energy
19 days ago
The Guardian view on the scramble for critical minerals: while powers vie for access, labourers die | Editorial ⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
A mining disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo underscores the human cost of extraction. Intensified competition for resources isn’t helping
When Donald Trump boasted recently that he had stopp…
25 days ago
International law meant to limit effects of war at breaking point, study finds ⊖⊖
Report covering 23 conflicts over last 18 months concludes more than 100,000 civilians have been killed as war crimes rage out of control
An authoritative survey of 23 armed conflicts over the last 18…
27 days ago
More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern DRC, officials say ⊖⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Rubaya mine produces about 15% of the world’s coltan, which is processed into tantalum, used in mobile phones
More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in east…
32 days ago
Two Norwegians charged over multimillion bribes to Congo president ⊖
Norwegian citizens and an oil firm face charges for allegedly bribing Congo's President Sassou Nguesso with $25m for offshore oil rights in 2016.
41 days ago
Rare twins born in DRC raise cautious hope for endangered mountain gorillas ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Virunga park ranger says babies are well cared for by mother Mafuko but high infant mortality makes first weeks critical
It was noon by the time Jacques Katutu first saw the newborn mountain gorillas.…
43 days ago
Historic market in Kinshasa ready to reopen to a million shoppers a day after five-year makeover ⊕⊕
Long criticised as overcrowded and filthy, the city’s Zando marketplace has had an elegant and sustainable redesign
Selling vegetables was Dieudonné Bakarani’s first job. He had a little stall at Kins…
51 days ago
‘The soul of the city’: can Kinshasa’s last remaining baobab tree be saved? ⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Across Africa, baobabs have rich symbolic meaning, but the breakneck expansion of the DRC’s capital has reduced their number in the city centre to one
The older inhabitants of Kinshasa can remember wh…