Lubumbashi is a city in the mineral-rich Katanga region in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Many people might not have heard of it, but Lubumbashi and its surrounding region have ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing a rapidly escalating humanitarian emergency, with civilians paying the price of escalating conflict. As violence surges in Eastern DRC, displacement is ...

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt hosted Saudi King Ibn Saud onboard the USS Quincy as he returned from the 1945 Yalta Conference, few expected that the meeting would define the world economy for the ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), home to some of the world’s richest deposits of cobalt, copper, and other critical minerals, enacted major revisions to its Mining Code in March 2018. These ...

Researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Melbourne, Australia published a study finding that copper and cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have sustained ...

An upsurge in armed conflict and intercommunal clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — one of the world's most complex and most forgotten crises — is exposing children to shocking levels ...

Key Takeaway: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), M23, and Rwanda will likely remain involved with Qatari-brokered negotiations and the broader US-backed regional peace framework without ...

Raphael Deberdt receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Jessica DiCarlo received funding from The Wilson Center. The mineral-rich Democratic Republic ...

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Sunday to discuss the escalation of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as M23 forces supported by Rwanda advance towards the ...

Patrick Hajayandi does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...