Kinshasa Orders a Full Review of Its Shared Oil Zone With Angola
Congo Angola oil zone back to the drawing board: Kinshasa's cabinet has ordered a full report on the shared offshore...
August 18, 2026Topic
DR. Congo
Only 7 of 16 SADC States Ratify Free Movement Pact
SADC leaders met in Durban to push critical minerals, while the free movement protocol adopted in 2005 still lacks the...
August 17, 2026
Airtel Switches On a Satellite Phone Link in the DR Congo
Airtel Starlink DRC went live on 14 August, connecting ordinary Android handsets to satellites with no dish, in a country...
August 16, 2026
Uranium Found in DR Congo Cobalt Shipments to China, Report Says
A peer-reviewed study estimates uranium in DR Congo cobalt exports to China reached 2,000–5,000 tonnes between 2000 and 2024, prompting...
August 15, 2026
Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is Now the Second Largest on Record
The DRC Ebola outbreak has reached 4,665 cases and 2,184 deaths across six provinces, with no vaccine approved for the...
August 15, 2026
DR Congo Bans Copper and Cobalt Concentrate Exports, Lifting the Copper Price
A DR Congo cobalt export order seen by Reuters also bans copper concentrates outright, sending LME copper to its highest...
August 7, 2026
DR Congo Mine Deadline Passes With Worker Stakes Undelivered
DR Congo's deadline for mining firms to hand 5% of shares to Congolese workers has passed with no public compliance,...
August 6, 2026
US Pledges US$242 Million More for DR Congo Ebola Fight
US Ebola funding for the DR Congo outbreak tops US$512 million after a new US$242 million pledge, days after Uganda...
August 6, 2026
Bundibugyo Ebola Strain Kills 1,707 in DR Congo
DR Congo Ebola outbreak has killed 1,707 of 3,802 confirmed cases since May. The Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine...
August 5, 2026