Tag: drc

• U.S. Mining Deals in the DR Congo Alarm Chinese Industry Analysts – The China-Global South Project

  February 9, 2026

  Chinese analysts warn that new U.S.-backed mining deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo could disrupt China’s control over critical minerals like cobalt and copper. https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2026/02/09/us-congo-mineral-deal-china-dominance-critical-resources/ more ›

• Exclusive: Congo-Rwanda draft deal outlines role of US, others in revamp of minerals sector

  September 14, 2025

  Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo will commit to working with third parties, including the U.S., to revamp their mineral supply chains and develop reforms, according to a draft… more ›

• DR Congo’s M23 conflict: Rebels give BBC rare access to a mine powering mobile phones

  July 13, 2025

  The US wants rights to DR Congo’s minerals, but one vital mine is still in rebel hands. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvj986l615o more ›

• Why relations between DR Congo and Rwanda are deteriorating

  February 26, 2024

  → What’s the background to the conflict? Two years after defeating the government responsible for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the Kagame-led Rwandan government went after ethnic extremist groups that… more ›

• Photographer Stéphan Gladieu Documents the Congolese Street Children Turning Waste into Wonder

  September 3, 2022

  So dramatic, so strong, so visual,” artist Stéphan Gladieu said of his first encounter with the revival of an ancestral folk art movement in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Kinshasa… more ›