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Congo President Felix Tshisekedi enacted a law that will help facilitate changes to the constitution, a measure his opponents warn is aimed at enabling him to stay in power beyond his current mandate bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
STG Metals, funded by partners of Squarepoint Capital, is in talks to secure tin from Abu Dhabi's IRH Alphamin project in Congo as it seeks to expand in the market for the commodity used in military electronics. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Merck's Ebola vaccine should be deployed more widely in Congo’s escalating outbreak, Doctors Without Borders said, citing evidence that the shot may provide protection against a virus it wasn’t designed to target @jwgale bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Congo's SNEL wants investors for $12b of electricity projects as power deficit stalls growth. Miners need 5,800 mw and get less than half.
Last week in Paris, Congo proposed a 4,800 mw Inga 3 to US & World Bank officials for domestic consumption only. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Congo seized around 500 trucks and other vehicles and thousands of tons of copper and cobalt in Lualaba & Haut Katanga, prompting the Justice Minister to order an investigation into allegations of widespread illegal mining bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The death rate among confirmed Ebola cases in Congo has climbed above 50% after health authorities added hundreds of previously unallocated fatalities to the official toll @jwgale bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Congo was removed from a global financial watchdog’s dirty-money watchlist after stepping up its fight against illegal cash-flows along with Bulgaria, Monaco and Ivory Coast bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Genomic sequencing has linked Ebola cases detected in Kenya and Nigeria to the same transmission chain and to viruses circulating in eastern Congo, while leaving open the possibility of an undetected chain in Uganda @janicekew bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The US imposed sanctions on Rwanda’s Ministry of Defence & Zigama Credit & Savings, increasing pressure on Rwanda to withdraw troops from Congo and halt support for M23. Rwanda says Congo isn't implementing its side of peace deal bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Congo's confirmed Ebola cases passed 10,000 as violence against health workers responding to the outbreak left a nurse dead & another hospitalized.
4,887 deaths, many sick still not going to health centers. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The Islamic State-backed Allied Democratic Forces is financing itself through gold mined in eastern Congo exported through Uganda, according to a report by The Sentry bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Congo’s mines minister suspended the artisanal mining chief amid a crackdown on unauthorized operations at foreign-held copper-cobalt concessions bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
wild story on Russia recruiting soldiers in Africa for Ukraine fight; includes recruiting in DRC
Russia is stepping up recruitment in Africa for its army, turning to countries such as Zimbabwe and Burundi while halting its drive in Kenya and South Africa after opposition. With @DarynaKrasno
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OPINION: Peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo seems further away than ever, but @JusticeMalala is cautiously optimistic bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Ebola cases have stopped declining in Congo, with worsening transmission in North Kivu province eroding gains in the outbreak’s original epicenter bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Kenya confirmed an 8th Ebola case, extending an outbreak that began when an infected traveler entered the country from Congo through Uganda bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
As Trump nears halfway mark of 2nd term, copper's bulls are wary that prices could crash if he doesn’t follow thru on tariffs. “I have never seen anything like this before, with the future price direction ultimately resting on the decision of one man” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Next Africa: Since 2025, Congo has lived two separate realities - a rebellion in the east & eye-popping economic growth elsewhere. Inevitably, these realities were bound to collide. They did this week when ex-President Kabila joined the rebels.
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Zambia said Chinese buyers will begin paying for some copper exports in renminbi next year, as more African nations shift away from the dollar bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
