The huge African city where more people speak French than anywhere in France - even Paris
Congo, where the city is located, is thought to be one of the world's most linguistically diverse nations, with more than 200 ...
DRC: history is repeating itself in Lubumbashi as the world scrambles for minerals to go green
Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...
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War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has exploded into global headlines once again after Rwanda-backed rebels captured ...
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Goma dispatch: Mass graves and reprisal fears as M23 seize DR Congo city
The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of ...
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African-led peace efforts in Congo crucial to reducing regional conflict
As hostilities escalate in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), African regional blocs are urgently pursuing African-led solutions to prevent a wider regional crisis. At least 2,900 people ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: History Is Repeating Itself in Lubumbashi As the World Scrambles for Minerals to Go Green
Concessionary companies made enormous profits in the Congo Free State between 1885 ... carbon-based economies that do not reproduce colonial inequalities. Lubumbashi demonstrates the importance of ...