DRC extended its cobalt export ban to September 2025 due to high stock levels. • Major producers like CMOC face delivery issues; supply risks remain but demand stays strong. • Prices are volatile ...

As armed groups continue to wreak havoc across Africa, a leading African Catholic has blamed the scourge on the race to ...

A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in ...

In the fall of 2012, the M23 movement captured Goma for 10 days but suffered a series of defeats from the government army, peacekeepers, and the UN's Intervention Brigade, consisting of soldiers ...

The Congo lies between the all-black Gold Coast, where 4,500,000 Negroes are close to independence under Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah, and unhappy South Africa, where Boer Prime Minister Johannes ...

On a recent visit to Panzi Hospital, 185 of its 450 patients were receiving treatment for sexual violence. Over the years, Panzi’s doctors and nurses have treated more than 70,000 women for ...

According to a multivariate regression that was conducted to estimate the contribution of mining activity to TB incidence and prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa, the study found that mining production ...

There is now a renewed push for American companies to snap up the opportunity with a businessman as U.S. President. A map of the 1300 km Lobito Corridor that runs from the Angolan coast to Zambia. Any ...

Cobalt's Place in Africa's Economy Cobalt has turned into a major mineral for the world's economy. It plays a big role in making batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). Africa holds an important spot ...

India’s ambitious plans to transition to a sustainable and resilient energy future rely on its access to critical minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, and cobalt (ministry of mines [MoM ...

The DRC seeks to offer key minerals to the U.S., but rebel forces and China largely control access to these vital rare earth resources, which are said to be worth trillions of dollars.