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Commonwealth Secretary-General’s statement on the situation in Eastern DRC
The following statement was issued today by the Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC.
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Nduhungirehe, South Africa foreign minister discuss DR Congo crisis
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe had a call with his South African counterpart Ronald Lamola on Thursday, January 30, to discuss the crisis in eastern DR ...
A Conflict in Congo
Critical minerals factor into the fight.
South African troops are dying in the DRC: why they’re there and what’s going wrong
The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.
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Mineral exploitation overshadows green diplomacy in Congo’s Sangha region
Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...
Congo losses expose limit of South Africa's diplomatic ambitions
South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...
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Rising mpox trends in DR Congo: the neglected spread of an epidemic
The monkeypox virus is causing concurrent outbreaks of mpox in Africa, with more and more frequent exportations outside the ...
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Congo’s foreign minister describes unstable conditions as rebels seize territory
Parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are under siege by a Rwanda-backed rebel group. The violence has killed UN peacekeepers, overwhelmed hospitals, displaced hundreds of thousands and ...