A draft United Nations report described sexual exploitation by U.N. personnel in the Congo as “significant, widespread and ongoing.”

Source: http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2023/06/the-un-is-riddled-with-massive.html

After impressing for Spurs’ youth teams, the West African nation were quick to snap up London-born defender Kallum Cesay, handing him his senior international debut in a friendly against Congo.

Source: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/football/huddersfield-town-take-look-former-27880293

Alembe, 22, was born in a refugee camp in Tanzania after her family fled from war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/alembe-refugee-military-training-1.6891512?cmp=rss

And the countries of the Congo Basin are protecting vital rainforests and helping preserve the world’s natural carbon sinks.”

Source: https://www.africa.com/cop28-presidency-partners-with-african-leaders-to-raise-climate-ambitions-seize-opportunity-of-green-growth-through-fairer-climate-finance-for-africa/

Approximately 85 per cent of all collections at the Africa Museum in Belgium are from the Congo, and the Humboldt Forum in Germany, has in its possession some 75,000 African traditional relics.

Source: https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2023/08/23/european-countries-involved-in-slave-trade-must-render-formal-apology-to-africa-akufo-addo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=european-countries-involved-in-slave-trade-must-render-formal-apology-to-af

As violence and displacement worsens in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's children are facing the worst cholera outbreak since 2017.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202308280004.html

At least 25 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border, 8 in critical condition.

Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2023-06-16/at-least-25-killed-in-rebel-attack-on-ugandan-school-near-congo-border-8-in-critical-condition

A Trafigura spokesperson said the trader was reviewing its options for the Mutoshi project in Congo amid rising costs and persistently low cobalt prices.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/tesla-saudi-arabia-in-early-talks-for-electric-vehicle-factory-report-4402177

A view of the open pit mine in downtown Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Oct. 13, 2022.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/cobalt-mining-transforms-city-democratic-republic-congo-satellite/story?id=96795773

Born in Brussels on September 21, 1998, Lokilo holds dual citizenship between Belgium and DR Congo.

Source: https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/who-jason-lokilo-everything-you-8598347

Burundi, the current Chair of the East African Community, has deployed the first batch of its troops to Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Source: https://www.eyeradio.org/burundi-starts-sending-troops-to-troubled-eastern-drc/

China produces graphite, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo provides cobalt.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9405696/electric-vehicle-battery-recycling/

China's CMOC Group Ltd. made a breakthrough in a long-running spat over mining royalties in the Democratic Republic of Congo, potentially paving the way for its massive stockpile of battery metals to start flowing to global markets.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4596215-cobalt-miners-news-for-the-month-of-april-2023?source=feed_all_articles

Chinese investment firms have also been aggressive in purchasing stakes in African mines, especially those rich with cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in recent years to ensure a firm control over mineral production.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-politics/bidens-ambitious-ev-plans-could-make-us-more-dependent-on-chinese-supply-chains-experts-warn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bidens-ambitious-ev-plans-could-make-us-more-dependent-on-chinese-supply-chains-expe

Conflict has been simmering for decades in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where Wosornu said more than 130 armed groups are fighting mainly for control of land and mines though some groups are trying to protect their communities.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5536245/alarming-humanitarian-crisis-and-massive-sexual-violence-in-conflict-wracked-eastern-congo-un-says/

Congo authorities declined to comment on the details of the agreement.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/congo-state-miner-and-chinas-cmoc-reach-agreement-royalties-3442591?cid=cna_flip_070214

Daniel Mukubi Kikuni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, during the closing plenary at COP15.

Source: https://southafricatoday.net/environment/what-would-it-cost-to-protect-the-congo-rainforest/

Dead bodies were still being recovered on Monday from two villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where floods killed more than 400 people last week in one of the country's deadliest disasters in recent history.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230508-congo-buries-its-flood-victims-as-death-toll-surpasses-400

Declan Walsh reported from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Abdi Latif Dahir from Nairobi, Kenya.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/31/world/africa/congo-election-results.html

DR Congo and Mauritania are the likely qualifiers as they will have home advantage over Sudan and Gabon, respectively.

Source: https://punchng.com/onana-recalled-as-cameroon-fight-for-cup-of-nations-survival/