Critical minerals factor into the fight.

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Greenpeace Africa welcomes the creation of the Kivu to Kinshasa Green Corridor Reserve, an ambitious initiative to establish a vast protected area of more than 54,000 km², which will be dedicated to ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels are moving south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, in what ...

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China and the Republic of Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, have formulated “a timetable and road map” for how President Xi Jinping’s US$50 billion funding commitment will go into ...

China and the Republic of Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, have formulated "a timetable and road map" for how President Xi Jinping's US$50 billion funding commitment will go into African ...

A Met Office map shows how snow, sleet and rain will move across the UK tonight, with an amber and multiple yellow weather warnings in place. A yellow warning for snow and ice covers Central, Tayside ...

More than a foot of snow will hit parts of Britain this weekend after the Met Office activated two amber warnings and temperatures fell to -8C (17F) this morning. The UK could see rural ...

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