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New Brunswick man kidnapped in Congo, held for more than four months
This aerial view, taken on September 10, 2023, shows the city of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Lake Kivu is visible in the background. (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP) (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP via Getty Images)
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Congo landslide kills at least 15 people and up to 60 others are missing, officials say
african and mideast business
Head of African Development Bank criticizes opaque loans tied to continent’s natural resources
Akinwumi Adesina, President African development bank, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Lagos Nigeria, Tuesday , March. 5, 2024. The head of the African Development Bank is calling for an end to loans given in exchange for the continent's rich supplies of oil or critical minerals used in smartphones and electric car batteries, deals that have helped China control mineral mining in places like Congo and have left some African countries in financial crisis. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
world
Latest African campaign to quell fighting in Congo suffers first deaths
People gather at a busy road while carrying some of their belongings as they flee the Masisi territory following clashes between M23 rebels and government forces, at a road near Sake on February 7, 2024. Conflict between M23 rebels and government forces is intensifying in eastern DR Congo's Masisi territory, residents said on February 7, 2024 after days of unrest that have left dozens injured. Tensions in Masisi have displaced residents of many villages and overwhelmed health centres, according to humanitarian sources. (Photo by Aubin Mukoni / AFP) (Photo by AUBIN MUKONI/AFP via Getty Images)
energy and resources
Swedish battery maker Northvolt looks at sourcing cobalt from Congo
General view outside the Northvolt facility in Vasteras, Sweden, September 29, 2021. Picture taken September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Helena Soderpalm./File Photo
world
Congo President Felix Tshisekedi re-elected after contested poll
A supporter of holds a portrait of president Felix Tshisekedi of Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) as they prepares to celebrate ahead of the announcement of provisional results of the December presidential election, at their party's headquater in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo December 31, 2023. REUTERS/Justin Makangara
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Over 1,000 Burundian soldiers covertly deployed in eastern Congo, according to internal UN report
FILE PHOTO: Congolese M23 rebels are seen as they withdraw from the 3 antennes location in Kibumba, near Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, December 23, 2022. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo
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At least 20 killed in Congo flooding and landslides, bringing this week’s fatalities to over 60
Congolese civilians light candles and hold their national flag as they pay their tributes to the victims killed following rains that destroyed the remote, mountainous area and ripped through the riverside villages of Nyamukubi, Kalehe territory in South Kivu province, during a vigil in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer
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Police crack down on election protests in Congo as official results favour President
A Police officer throws a rock as opposition supporters run into a opposition leader Martin Fayulu's party house during a demonstration in Kinshasa on December 27, 2023. Police were deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa on December 27, 2023 during a banned demonstration against recent elections in the fragile central African state.Leading opposition politicians in impoverished but mineral-rich DRC have rejected last week's vote, which was marred by severe delays and bureaucratic disarray, and called for a demonstrations. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP) (Photo by JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Congo presidential candidates call for new vote as chaos, delays mar election
Voters wait for a polling station to open for voters in the village of Bulenga in South Kivu, DR Congo, on December 20, 2023. Polling stations were not open due to technical problems. GORAN TOMASEVIC/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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Congo extends voting for some after election marred by delays
Voters wait for a polling station to open for voters in the village of Bulenga in South Kivu, DR Congo, on December 20, 2023. Polling stations were not open due to technical problems. GORAN TOMASEVIC/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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Congo and the UN sign a deal for peacekeepers to withdraw after more than 2 decades and frustration
FILE - The UN flag flies on a stormy day at the United Nations during the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. A U.N. official says the eight peacekeepers have been suspended and detained in eastern Congo on allegations of sexual exploitation. The United Nations said on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 that it has taken “strong measures in response to reports of serious misconduct by peacekeepers.” The peacekeepers have been confined pending further details and a full investigation. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
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Authorities say 31 dead after a stampede at a military recruitment event in Republic of Congo
The flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Vatican are displayed in a street, a day ahead the arrival of Pope Francis, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo January 30, 2023. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
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Extremists with ties to Islamic State kill at least 26 people in eastern Congo
The flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Vatican are displayed in a street, a day ahead the arrival of Pope Francis, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo January 30, 2023. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
world
At least 28 people drown after boat capsizes on river in northwest Congo
Passengers of the boat capsized on the Congo river late on Friday stand in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Oct.14.
world
At least 15 people are killed when a bomb brought home by children explodes in eastern Congo
This aerial photograph, taken on October 2, 2023, shows the Rusayo IDP camp, home to tens of thousands of war-displaced people, located at the foot of the active Nyiragongo volcano, on the outskirts of Goma in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since mid-2022, hundreds of thousands of Congolese have found refuge around Goma after fleeing fighting further north between the Congolese army and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebellion. Every month, over 2,000 women are treated in IDP camps all around the city by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) after being sexually assaulted, mostly by "armed men" while trying to find food in the surrounding forests and fields. (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP) (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP via Getty Images)
international business
Saudi Arabia reportedly in early talks with Tesla to set up EV manufacturing facility
FILE PHOTO: The company logo is pictured on a Tesla Model X electric car in Berlin, Germany, November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
opinion
How our green transition and hunger for battery metals devastate Africa and the Congo
Siddharth Kara
world
At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border
FILE - People pass along the road leading to the Mpondwe border crossing with Congo, in western Uganda on June 14, 2019. Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of dozens of people including students, following an attack by suspected rebels on the Lhubiriha Secondary School, near the Mpondwe border crossing with Congo, the local mayor said Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi, File)