Mobutu would then order Lumumba to be sent to the breakaway province of Katanga. Belgian secretly arranged his transfer ... While the current situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (or DRC, as ...

Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...

M23’s advances highlight Rwanda’s role in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the risk of an escalating regionalised ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) 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 ...

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 ...

Video released Friday (February 14) from Katana, in eastern DRC, shows armed men in vehicles and locals listening to men in ...

DRC gained independence in 1960 and since then ... independence was threatened by the secession of two mineral-rich provinces - Katanga and South Kasai. The latter benefitted from the support ...

In 2013, South African forces backed by UN peacekeepers repelled rebels linked to the M23 movement successfully as part of the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the eastern DRC. But perhaps ...

In response, the minister stuck to her guns, proclaiming South Africa's defence force is just one of 16 forces involved in the mission, while trying to justify the resources utilised.

Days after the East African Community (EAC) met over the escalating conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), leaders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC ...