The initiative aligns with a broader minerals-for-security deal being negotiated between the DRC and the Trump administration.

Within this shifting landscape, Burundi—often seen as peripheral—demands particular attention. Despite being similar in size to Lesotho at around 27,900 ...

Prominent Trump supporter Erik Prince has agreed to help Democratic Republic of Congo secure and tax its vast mineral wealth, ...

Q1 2025 contained tin production of 4,270 tonnes until operations ceased on 13 March 2025 (Q4 2024: 5,237 tonnes) Q1 2025 EBITDA 2,3 guidance of US$62m (Q4 2024 actual: US$76m) FY2025 contained tin ...

The vilest scramble for loot that has ever disfigured the history of human conscience” is how Joseph Conrad described colonial-era concessions granted to private companies for Congo’s natural resource ...

One of Uganda’s leading mineral experts, Don Bwesigye Binyina has advised the Central Bank to move with caution as it ...

Rwanda is under Western pressure for allegedly backing rebels in Congo, but its Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe asserts that the real driver is their scramble for the DRC’s vast mineral wealth - ...

South African National Defense Force troops are stranded in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to the closure of Goma ...

China has a stranglehold on the cobalt mining industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), representing the country’s relentless pursuit to conquer the continent.

Fourteen years since 12 governments in the Great Lakes region unanimously agreed to create a foolproof international system ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has some of the largest deposits on Earth. Its President wants to sell them—and win a ...

The vilest scramble for loot that has ever disfigured the history of human conscience” is how Joseph Conrad described colonial-era concessions granted to private companies for Congo’s natural resource ...