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Washington added US$267 million on 23 September 2026, lifting DR Congo Ebola funding from the United States to US$887 million. What it buys.
Congolese ownership of at least 10 percent of mining companies is now due in DR Congo, but the decree explaining how it works has not been...
The DR Congo conflict leaves Goma and Bukavu under M23 control, disrupting cobalt and coltan supply...
Traceability Comes for Ferrochrome as buyers enforce supply chain rules after Congo's uranium scare. Learn who...
A DR Congo cobalt export order seen by Reuters also bans copper concentrates outright, sending LME...
Congo and the Central African Republic signed two defence memoranda in Kinshasa on 21 August 2026, along a...
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is reviving the drive for an East African Community political federation, a bloc of...
DR Congo's deadline for mining firms to hand 5% of shares to Congolese workers has passed with no...
US Ebola funding for the DR Congo outbreak tops US$512 million after a new US$242 million pledge, days...
DR Congo Ebola outbreak has killed 1,707 of 3,802 confirmed cases since May. The Bundibugyo strain has no...
The Lobito Corridor railway wins a draft US$1.26 billion Congolese convention with Mota-Engil to rebuild 1,004.5 km of...
DR Congo digital taxes were suspended on 1 August after protests from entrepreneurs, pausing fees of up to...
Copper tracker CPER rose 0.56% to US$39.56 on Friday while Freeport-McMoRan and Southern Copper fell, with Chile and...