DRC Finance Minister Nicolas Kazadi has in fact recourse to an inter-ministerial decree dating from 2008, which allowed the establishment of a committee responsible for the execution of emergency ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's state-owned Gécamines is fighting the sale of mining company Chemaf to China's Norin Mining and could go so far as to withdraw the licences it has granted to this ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has cancelled the auction of 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration, its government said, citing late bids and a lack of competition. The 27 oil blocks whose ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the second largest country in Africa and one of the continent’s most important for nature conservation. Dense forests and woodlands cover more than half of ...

“A military option is clearly not adequate to address the deep-seated historical, ethnic and resource-based fault lines throughout central Africa, as they play out in the DRC,” Anthoni van Nieuwkerk ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has protested the US labelling of child labour in mines, with Kinshasa saying the assessment does not take into account the steps taken to improve on the ...

The country is also experiencing severe food shortages and the World Food Programme (WFP) has identified DRC as one of the places most at risk of a hunger pandemic. Our network of local aid experts ...

During his mini-budget speech on Wednesday, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said R3.5 billion would be set aside for the DRC mission. OUTA's CEO Wayne Duvenage says more resources are needed at ...

The mining sector is expected to play a vital role in this growth. The DRC government expects a 5.7% economic growth in 2024, mainly driven by a 5.3% increase in the mining sector. This forecast comes ...

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a joint undertaking to stick to the mediation of Angola and avoid escalating the tensions over the M23 rebellion in DRC’s east. A dispatch after ...

United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, who were meant to leave in December, are staying put for the moment as a result of ongoing violence, as M23 rebels press ahead with ...

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a joint undertaking to stick to the mediation of Angola and avoid escalating the tensions over the M23 rebellion in DRC’s east.