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Decaying Congo tin mining town finds new hope in lithium

by Annie THOMAS and Lucien KAHOZI Agence France-Presse MANONO, DR Congo (AFP) - Near the rusting carcass of a smelter,…

DR Congo flouting forest protection deal: Greenpeace

KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) - Environmental group Greenpeace on Tuesday said the Democratic Republic of Congo has failed to respect…

Peril and promise: gas from ‘killer lake’ powers Rwanda

by Marion DOUET Agence France-Presse LAKE KIVU, Rwanda (AFP) - The engineers aboard the floating power station on Lake Kivu…

Uganda air strikes target rebels in DR Congo

KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) - Uganda launched air strikes and artillery attacks targeting the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group…

New lava lake lets DR Congo volcano ‘breathe’, experts say

GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) - The reappearance of a lava lake in the crater of the Nyiragongo volcano in eastern…

DR Congo’s Virunga park condemns ‘illegal’ land sales

GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) — A world-famous gorilla reserve in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo denounced on Wednesday the "illegal sale"…

In DR Congo, King Leopold’s statue stoic as protests rage elsewhere

by Samir TOUNSI Agence France-Presse KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — Overlooking Kinshasa from the seclusion of a presidential garden, the statue…

Second Ebola death in DR Congo ahead of hoped-for deadline

KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- A second death from Ebola has been recorded in eastern DR Congo in the final…

More than 1,000 dead in D.R. Congo Ebola epidemic

More than 1,000 people have now died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said, as aid workers…

60 killed, scores burnt in DR Congo road disaster

  by Samir Tounsi Agence France Presse KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- At least 60 people died and scores suffered…

Ebola death toll in DR Congo rises to 55

BENI, DR Congo (AFP) - The Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has claimed 55 lives since the start of…

DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak coming to an end: minister

KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) - An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is just…

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