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Saudi Arabia reportedly in early talks with Tesla to set up EV manufacturing facility
FILE PHOTO: The company logo is pictured on a Tesla Model X electric car in Berlin, Germany, November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
opinion
How our green transition and hunger for battery metals devastate Africa and the Congo
Siddharth Kara
world
At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border
FILE - People pass along the road leading to the Mpondwe border crossing with Congo, in western Uganda on June 14, 2019. Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of dozens of people including students, following an attack by suspected rebels on the Lhubiriha Secondary School, near the Mpondwe border crossing with Congo, the local mayor said Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi, File)
energy and resources
Chevron has launched sale process for its oil and gas assets in Congo, sources say
BURBANK, CALIFORNIA - MAY 22: The Chevron logo is displayed at a Chevron gas station on May 22, 2023 in Burbank, California. Chevron is doubling down in the shale sector with an acquisition of shale driller PDC Energy, which has operations in Colorado and Texas, in a $6.3 billion deal. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
world
Thousands still missing as Congo flood survivors search for relatives
Survivors walk amidst debris next to destroyed buildings in the aftermath of floods in the village of Nyamukubi, South Kivu province, in Congo Monday, May 8, 2023. The death toll from floods in eastern Congo was approaching 400 people as of Sunday, according to a local official. (AP Photo/Justin Kabumba)
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Deaths from Congo floods approach 400 as search continues
A general view of destroyed houses and shops in Nyamukubi, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 6, 2023. - Heavy rainfall in the Kalehe region of South Kivu province on Thursday caused rivers to overflow, causing landslides that engulfed the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi. The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to nearly 400, an official said on Sunday. (Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP) (Photo by GLODY MURHABAZI/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Over 200 dead, many more missing after Congo floods
People walk next to a house destroyed by the floods in the village of Nyamukubi, South Kivu province, in Congo, Saturday, May 6, 2023. The death toll from flash floods and landslides in eastern Congo has risen according to the governor and authorities in the country's South Kivu province. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
world
At least 176 dead after floods in Congo
The flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Vatican are displayed in a street, a day ahead the arrival of Pope Francis, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo January 30, 2023. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
world
At least 60 bodies found in eastern Congo
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 19, 2022 Vehicles of FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo) soldiers escort civilian vehicles transporting goods from Beni towards Komanda on the national road number. - Suspected militants from the notorious Allied Democratic Forces group have killed at least 23 people in eastern DR Congo, local officials said on January 23, 2023. The attack occurred overnight on January 22, 2023 in the Beni area of North Kivu province, local civil-society figure Roger Wangeve said. Provincial deputy Saidi Balikwisha said that 23 were killed. (Photo by Sébastien KITSA MUSAYI / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN KITSA MUSAYI/AFP via Getty Images)
world
At least 42 people reported killed by rebels in Congo’s east
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) peacekeepers patrol towards the Kigonze camp for the internally displaced people in Bunia, Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Paul Lorgerie
world
Dozens raped as migrant workers expelled from Angola to Congo
The flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Vatican are displayed in a street, a day ahead the arrival of Pope Francis, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo January 30, 2023. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
world
Canada’s child-soldier effort hits headwind in Congo
Minister of International Development Harjit Sajjan speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, October 26, 2021 in Ottawa.&nbsp;<i data-stringify-type="italic" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);">A Senate committee is urging the Trudeau government to amend laws that are blocking humanitarians from responding to growing desperation in Afghanistan, but the Liberals say the fix might take a year from when MPs first called for it.&nbsp;</i>THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
opinion
The violence consuming eastern Congo shows the bloody cost of energy transition
Blaise Ndala
world
Islamist militants kill at least 35 in east Congo village, army says
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 19, 2022 Vehicles of FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo) soldiers escort civilian vehicles transporting goods from Beni towards Komanda on the national road number. - Suspected militants from the notorious Allied Democratic Forces group have killed at least 23 people in eastern DR Congo, local officials said on January 23, 2023. The attack occurred overnight on January 22, 2023 in the Beni area of North Kivu province, local civil-society figure Roger Wangeve said. Provincial deputy Saidi Balikwisha said that 23 were killed. (Photo by Sébastien KITSA MUSAYI / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN KITSA MUSAYI/AFP via Getty Images)
international business
Debate over who pays to save world’s forests set to dominate talks at summit in Gabon
Journalists enter Gabonese presidential Palace to attend the One Forest Summit in Libreville, Gabon, March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Pineau
world
At least 32 civilians killed in eastern Congo, UN says
A soldier of the Congolese Defense Forces watches on September 3, 2010 a UN helicopter from MONUSCO take off from Walikale in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo during patrols of the area following an attack on the village of Luvungi on July 30 by Hutu rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and local militias, who raped more than 280 women and minors as punishment for the villagers' alleged support for FARDC.
world
Refugees flee as M23 offensive moves closer to key city in eastern Congo
More than 500,000 people have been forced from their homes because of M23 attacks over the past year.
world
Fighting erupts in eastern Congo as Pope condemns ‘murderous’ exploitation
Pope Francis attends a meeting with representatives from charities, during his apostolic journey, at the Apostolic Nunciature in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
world
Pope Francis urges forgiveness to crowd of one million in Congo
Pope Francis on the popemobile arrives at Ndolo airport where he will preside over the Holy Mass in Kinshasa, Congo, Wednesday Feb. 1, 2023. Francis is in Congo and South Sudan for a six-day trip, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
world
Pope Francis condemns ‘poison of greed’ stoking conflict in Congo as he begins Africa trip
Pope Francis is welcomed by residents of Kinshasa he starts his apostolic journey, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
world
Rwandan-backed rebels entrenching in Congo with parallel administration and taxes, UN says
M23 soldiers leave leave Rumangabo camp after the meeting between EACRF officials and M23 rebels during the handover ceremony at Rumangabo camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on January 6, 2023. (Photo by Guerchom Ndebo / AFP) (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Cleanup at Congo church begins after blast kills 14
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO/Photo d'archives : Des manifestants défilent lors d'une marche de protestation des églises catholique et protestante du Congo, contre l'escalade des violences dans l'est du pays, à Kinshasa, en RDC. / Demonstrators march during a protest by Congo's Catholic and Protestant churches, against escalating violence in the east of the country, in Kinshasa, DRC. Photo prise le 4 décembre 2022/REUTERS/Justin Makangara/File Photo
report on business
RCMP searches Ivanhoe Mines Vancouver office in hunt for documents on Swiss bank account transfers
Ivanhoe is developing the huge Kamoa-Kakula copper project in Congo. Credit: Ivanhoe Mines
world
Congolese government ups toll in massacre to 272 civilians
Congolese activists attend a vigil in memory of the civilians killed in the recent conflict between Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) and rebel forces, in Goma, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi
international business
Glencore agrees to pay Congo US$180-million over bribery allegations
FILE - The headquarters of Anglo-Swiss commodities firm Glencore in Baar, Switzerland on April 14, 2011. A British court on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, ordered Glencore to pay more than 280 million pounds ($313 million) for using bribes to bolster its oil profits in five African countries. (Urs Flueeler/Keystone via AP, File)
world
Congo Basin, world’s second-biggest rainforest, now reported to be facing rapid destruction
This aerial view shows a deforested farm in Yangambi, 100 km from the town of Kisangani in Tshopo province, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on September 1, 2022. (Photo by Guerchom Ndebo / AFP) (Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Rwandan-backed rebel offensive throws eastern Congo into chaos
Democratic Republic of Congo Police officers block anti-Rwanda protesters as they arrive near the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda in Goma, on October 31, 2022. - Thousands of anti-Rwanda protesters marched through the eastern DR Congo city of Goma on October 31, 2022, as M23 rebels tightened their grip on the surrounding countryside. A mostly Congolese Tutsi group, the M23 resumed fighting in late 2021 after lying dormant for years, accusing the Democratic Republic of Congo's government of failing to honour an agreement to integrate its fighters into the army. The group's resurgence has destabilised regional relations in central Africa, with the DRC accusing its smaller neighbour Rwanda of backing the militia. (Photo by Aubin Mukoni / AFP) (Photo by AUBIN MUKONI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Congo expels Rwanda ambassador as M23 rebels capture strategic town
Residents flee fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese forces near Kibumba, some 20 kms ( 12 miles) North of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Saturday Oct. 29, 2022. Hundreds have been killed and nearly 200,000 people displaced since fighting erupted a year ago. Congo has long accused Rwanda of backing the rebels. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
world
Congo’s refugee crisis, one of the world’s most neglected, sees new exodus as fighting worsens
morning update newsletter
Morning Update: Emergencies Act wasn’t needed to quell convoy protests, Ontario police force says
Police move in to clear downtown Ottawa near Parliament hill of protesters after weeks of demonstrations on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. The much-anticipated public inquiry into the federal government's unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act during “Freedom Convoy” protests last winter begins Thursday.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
world
Congo’s civilians, displaced and hungry, pay the price for proxy war
world
UN says it’s ready to work with Congo on peacekeeper pullout
United Nations Security Council vote on a draft resolution sanctioning Russia's planned annexation of war occupied Ukraine territory, Friday Sept. 30, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
world
Global protests demand climate change compensation ahead of COP27
Climate change activist hold a banner reading ' Yes to climate justice for the Democratic Republic of Congo solution country. No to the hypocrisy of the international community' as they take part in a march in Kinshasa, on September 23, 2022. - Hundreds of climate activists protested in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa on September 23, 2022, an AFP journalist saw, ahead a climate summit due to be held in the city next month. (Photo by Arsene Mpiana / AFP) (Photo by ARSENE MPIANA/AFP via Getty Images)
morning update newsletter
Morning Update: Decline of French puts language in election spotlight
FARDC soldiers fire a rocket from a multiple rocket launcher at M-23 rebels between Rutshuru and Bunagana, Eastern DRC, August 16, 2022.
world
M23 militia’s artillery fire, backed by Rwanda, ratchets up tensions in endangered gorillas’ Congolese home