KoBold Metals, backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, is seeking to develop a large hard rock lithium deposit in the Democratic ...

President Félix Tshisekedi has proposed a ‘partnership that would provide US with a strategic advantage’. DRC’s negotiations ...

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking for a Ukraine-like minerals deal in ...

Rwandan support, combined with weaknesses in DRC’s army, enabled the M23 to seize vast amounts of territory in North Kivu province before capturing the provincial capital, Goma, a city of two million, ...

On one side are multinational giants such as BHP, Rio Tinto and Vale. They aim to maximise returns on the capital they put to ...

While Trump zeroes in on embattled Ukraine's critical mineral reserves, conflict and inequality clash with efforts for a just energy transition across the globe ...

The presidents of Congo and Rwanda met on Tuesday, 18 March, in Doha, Qatar. According to Kinshasa, they agreed to a ...

“This will link mining sites to export hubs in Burundi, DRC, and Rwanda. Ports in Dar es Salaam, Mtwara, and Tanga are also undergoing expansions to improve export efficiency,” he said. Mwasha ...

After exporting 16,000 tonnes in 2021, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) saw its zinc exports slump in the following two years. However, the tides turned last year. Drastically so. Zinc exports ...

Minerals contribute 70% of Rwanda's exports and 3% of its GDP. However, critics accuse Rwanda of benefiting from rebel-led plundering of mineral resources in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Rwanda severed diplomatic relations with Belgium on March 17, accusing the European nation of “consistently undermining” the country during the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The race for Africa’s vast reserves of critical minerals, essential for the production of electric vehicles or renewable energy, has become a major geopolitical battleground between the United States ...