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Getting kits to customers who need it at a price they can afford in Democratic Republic of Congo is a miracle of technology and supply chains
UN agency welcomed back officials criticised by report into sexual exploitation during Ebola outbreak
Gaya Gamhewage aims to make health body ‘safe for all people’ and criticises male-dominated culture in UN agencies
An ambitious scheme aims to raise incomes and protect nature in a region blighted by violence
Deal between Chinese group and Gécamines threatens to put downward pressure on cobalt prices
The country already dominates processing of the metal for use in electric vehicle batteries and is now investing heavily in mines, leaving western operators scrambling to keep up
Nicolas Kazadi tells the FT Commodities Global Summit that DRC must export more products and fewer raw materials
Kinshasa has long accused Kigali of plundering its resources by supporting insurgent M23 group
‘Lay down your arms’, pontiff tells warring sides in DR Congo
Decades after his murder, the tooth of the former Congolese leader turned up in Belgium. This is the story of its return
Geopolitical risks are driving efforts to diversify but there are no quick solutions
Payment by Swiss-based commodity trader and miner covers alleged misconduct from 2007-18
Local and foreign-backed forces are waging a deadly offensive in the mineral-rich heart of Africa
Félix Tshisekedi says potential investors should not 'wait for us to be perfect'
Félix Tshisekedi says country will rely on its own army to fight militia as he pledges to push ahead with economic plans
Finance minister pushes for ‘big, ambitious agenda’ backed by international lenders
Rather than drill in rainforests and peatlands, such groups would raise revenue by selling carbon credits
Kigali has previously denied backing M23 fighters in the east of the neighbouring country
Russian foreign minister to visit Ethiopia, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo after Egypt on Sunday
Country plans to increase number of exploration blocks out to tender from 16 to 27
DRC leader tells the FT he will not stand by as armed militia linked to Kigali steps up attacks in resource-rich east
Kinshasa speech falls short of formal apology for decades of brutal colonial rule
Buyers need to create common standards and metrics to govern extraction process
Inquiry says 21 workers for UN health body in Democratic Republic of Congo were among those involved
US state department rescinds controversial reprieve for Dan Gertler at end of Donald Trump’s term
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