The Michigan Daily

U-M study looks at history of DRC to understand how decarbonization strategies perpetuate inequalities

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 ...
Next City

History Is Repeating Itself in the Congo as the World Scrambles for Minerals To ‘Go Green’

Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday, May 9, 2025. (Photo by Moses Sawasawa / AP) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become ...
CNN

Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part

A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a little over a week after it took control of the region’s largest ...
Global Finance

Democratic Republic of Congo: Waiting For The Peace Dividend

Continued conflicts prevent the central African nation from fully exploiting its natural riches. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been ravaged by what is aptly described as a “forgotten war” ...
The Conversation

DRC vs Rwanda at the African Court: why it could be a decisive moment for human rights and justice on the continent

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