In the Democratic Republic of Congo, large numbers of people work in dangerous, unregulated mines, digging for cobalt – a mineral used in the batteries found in phones, laptops, and electric vehicles.

A University of Michigan study of a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo finds that the necessary process of ...

On Sept. 26, the Carleton University Human Rights Society called on the university to divest from companies sourcing cobalt.

A new study of a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo finds that the necessary process of decarbonization is repeating and recreating colonial inequalities.

LWIRO, Democratic Republic of Congo—The sound of children crying never lets up in this overcrowded village clinic. Grade-school boys and girls roam around barefoot, covered in bulbous sores.

America declared last month that it would provide an additional $414 million in humanitarian aid to the embattled Democratic ...

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The people of one of the world’s wealthiest countries in terms of natural resources have been condemned to violence and poverty by US-backed foreign interventions to secure mineral wealth for ...

(Bloomberg) -- Democratic Republic of Congo ... its mining sector, where China dominates output. Chemaf’s Mutoshi project is set to become one of the world’s largest mines for cobalt ...

The battle over Chemaf highlights the efforts of Congo — now the world’s no. 2 copper producer — to assert more control over its mining sector, where China dominates output. Chemaf’s Mutoshi project ...

lead organizer of Congo Week, emphasized the inclusion of Congolese voices when discussing the future of mining in the Congo and renewable energy. “The Congo is critical to the direction that we ...