The African country of 99m people way bigger than it looks on maps - 'as big as Europe'
With a land area of 905,000 square miles (2.34 million square kilometers), it’s often compared to Europe in size and has a ...
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Despite reforms, mining for EV metals in Congo exacts steep cost on workers
Aug. 4 at 5:00 p.m. Correspondent Katharine Houreld and photographer Arlette Bashizi traveled together across southeastern Congo, visiting industrial and artisanal mines in the country’s three ...
Cambridge University Press1y
The Congo State
Written by the historian and biographer Demetrius C. Boulger (1853–1928), this history of early Belgian rule in the Congo was first published in 1898. The book documents nineteenth-century colonial ...
Christian Science Monitor26d
Senseless deaths mount in Congo. Dignified mourning helps salve the pain.
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...
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Congo cancels licensing round for 27 oil blocks
DAKAR, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has cancelled a licensing round for 27 oil blocks, originally launched in 2022 to tap into the nation's oil and gas potential ...
The New York Times27d
Congo Releases More Than 700 Inmates After a Deadly Stampede
By Elian Peltier Reporting from Abidjan, Ivory Coast More than 700 inmates were released from the largest prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s authorities said on Saturday ...
Los Angeles Times13d
Congo begins mpox vaccinations two months after global emergency is declared
Congolese authorities on Saturday began vaccination against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several African countries and beyond was declared a global ...
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Congo: Displaced people caught between conflict and crisis
In eastern Congo, people are trapped between relentless fighting in their villages and overcrowded camps with scarce food and rampant mpox. Survival is a daily struggle in the conflict-ridden region.
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Photographers honored with 2024 Leica Oskar Barnack Awards
In a prestigious ceremony held at Leica headquarters in Wetzlar, Germany on October 10, Italian-born photographer Davide ...
Reuters4d
ICC prosecutor to renew Congo investigation, focusing on North Kivu
AMSTERDAM, Oct 14 (Reuters) - International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan said on Monday his office will renew an investigation into Democratic Republic of Congo, focusing on alleged ...
Human Rights Watch29d
Protect Women and Girls in DR Congo’s Prisons
Sexual violence is a chronic problem in Congo’s prisons. In September 2020, a prison riot at Kasapa Central Prison in Lubumbashi caused a fire in the women’s section that forced the female ...
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Congo DR Scores, Stats and Highlights - ESPN
South Africa took third place at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in the Ivory Coast when they edged the Democratic Republic of Congo 6-5 on penalties after a goalless draw at the Felix Houphouet ...