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Why has DRC filed criminal charges against Apple over ‘conflict minerals’?
3 days, 14 hours ago

Why has DRC filed criminal charges against Apple over ‘conflict minerals’?

Al Jazeera  

The tech giant has been accused of sourcing conflict minerals from sub-Saharan Africa. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has filed criminal complaints against tech giant Apple’s subsidiaries in France and Belgium over the use of “conflict minerals” in their supply chains. Lawyers representing the Central African country, claimed in a statement this week that Apple’s subsidiaries in Europe are …

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Search continues for missing after DRC boat capsizing kills at least 25
5 days, 14 hours ago

Search continues for missing after DRC boat capsizing kills at least 25

Al Jazeera  

Dozens of people are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized in central DRC on Fimi river. An overcrowded boat has capsized on a river in the central Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 25 people, including children, and leaving dozens missing, according to officials and residents. “There was overloading at roof level and, as far as the lifeless …

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Congo sues Apple in Europe, accuses it of criminal conduct for using conflict minerals in devices
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6 days, 3 hours ago

Congo sues Apple in Europe, accuses it of criminal conduct for using conflict minerals in devices

Firstpost  

Lawyers for the Congolese government allege that Apple’s supply chain includes minerals such as tin, tantalum, and tungsten sourced from conflict-ridden regions, where armed groups fund violence through illegal mining Apple maintains that it does not directly source raw minerals and conducts thorough audits of its suppliers. Its 2023 conflict minerals report stated that none of its supply chain partners …

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Mysterious disease in DRC is severe malaria, health authorities say
6 days, 14 hours ago

Mysterious disease in DRC is severe malaria, health authorities say

Al Jazeera  

Health authorities said the disease presents in the form of a respiratory illness. Health authorities on Tuesday said the disease, circulating in the southwestern Kwango province, presents in the form of a respiratory illness. Earlier this month, local authorities said the disease had killed 143 people in the country’s Panzi health zone in November, as fears surmounted about the mysterious …

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Rwanda, DR Congo peace talks hit snag as mediator Angola calls off meeting
1 week, 1 day ago

Rwanda, DR Congo peace talks hit snag as mediator Angola calls off meeting

Al Jazeera  

DRC presidency says talks had hit deadlock over a Rwandan demand that the DRC hold direct dialogue with M23. Angolan President Joao Lourenco – the African Union mediator to end the conflict – was meeting alone with DRC leader Felix Tshisekedi, Jorge said. Rwanda’s foreign ministry said that a lack of consensus over direct talks between the DRC and a …

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Fears in DRC as mystery disease kills dozens, mainly children
1 week, 3 days ago

Fears in DRC as mystery disease kills dozens, mainly children

Al Jazeera  

More than 500 cases of an unknown illness have emerged in rural and remote Panzi in western Democratic Republic of the Congo. Forty-year-old Denise Kabeya lives in the Panzi area in DRC’s western Kwango province – where health authorities say most cases of the unknown disease have emerged since October. Between October 24 and December 11, there were 514 cases …

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'Mystery disease' victims in Congo have malaria, could be sick with multiple diseases: WHO
1 week, 5 days ago

'Mystery disease' victims in Congo have malaria, could be sick with multiple diseases: WHO

Firstpost  

Since late October, a ‘mystery disease’ has infected more than 400 and killed dozens in a rural southern province of Africa’s Democratic Republic of Congo A Congolese nurse takes a sample from a suspected mpox patient in the treatment centre at the Kavumu hospital in Kabare territory, South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 29, 2024. REUTERS …

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A Mysterious Respiratory Disease Has the Democratic Republic of the Congo on High Alert
54 years, 11 months ago

A Mysterious Respiratory Disease Has the Democratic Republic of the Congo on High Alert

Wired  

Deaths in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from an as-yet unidentified disease are continuing to rise. The results of testing should be available either later today or tomorrow, Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a press conference earlier today. “Initial diagnoses lead us to think it is a …

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How worried should we be about Disease X?
2 weeks, 4 days ago

How worried should we be about Disease X?

NPR  

How worried should we be about Disease X? "At the Emergency Operation Center for Public Health and at the INSP — which is in maximum alert mode — we've already positioned central-level teams who will leave within 24 hours to join the health zone," says Dr. Dieudonné Mwamba, the director general of INSP, who spoke in French at a press …

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Mystery disease linked to more than 100 deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mystery disease linked to more than 100 deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo

Salon  

An unknown disease has been spreading in a rural part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa, killing a high number of people. At the time, sources told Salon spread of mpox across the world could have been avoided if the DRC had the resources to contain the spread of mpox in the first place, pointing to …

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Andhra Pradesh: Minister Chairs NTR DRC Meet, Focuses on Public Issues
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Andhra Pradesh: Minister Chairs NTR DRC Meet, Focuses on Public Issues

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: NTR district in-charge minister and health minister Y. Satya Kumar Yadav said the District Review Committee meeting discussed several public issues and reiterated the NDA alliance state government’s priority to improve the living standards of people in the district. Satya Kumar Yadav chaired the DRC meeting at the Farmers' Training Centre Hall, located on the premises of the irrigation …

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The World’s Biggest EV Maker Has the Industry’s Worst Human Rights Appraisal
1 month ago

The World’s Biggest EV Maker Has the Industry’s Worst Human Rights Appraisal

Wired  

The race to keep pace with EV development could be taking a dark turn. The report, Recharge for Rights, alleges that BYD, Mitsubishi, and Hyundai had the worst human rights due diligence policies of 13 major EV manufacturers, ranked in a league table. Other EV makers—such as Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, and Stellantis—were placed higher in Amnesty’s league table, but the organization …

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US-Backed Lobito Corridor: A Game Changer for Africa's Minerals Trade
54 years, 11 months ago

US-Backed Lobito Corridor: A Game Changer for Africa's Minerals Trade

CNN  

A container vessel has sailed out of Angola's Port of Lobito carrying Lobito Atlantic Railway's first shipment of copper from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the US. The corridor, backed by the US and Europe, aims to create an efficient transport link from Africa's mineral-rich interior to the port on its west coast for export. The project is …

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Germany identifies its first case of clade 1b mpox, becoming fifth country outside Africa linked to outbreak
2 months ago

Germany identifies its first case of clade 1b mpox, becoming fifth country outside Africa linked to outbreak

ABC  

An infection with the new mpox variant clade 1b has been detected in Germany for the first time, according to the Robert Koch Institute for public health. A day before the Swedish case was confirmed, the World Health Organization declared mpox a global public health emergency, its highest level of alarm over the spread, amid the infection's rapid spread from …

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Mpox is killing again. It didn’t have to be this way.
2 months, 1 week ago

Mpox is killing again. It didn’t have to be this way.

Politico  

That proved costly, according to public health officials, who say it’s another demonstration of why pandemic preparedness requires global cooperation. But every single one of us needs to be asking that question,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s incident manager for the global mpox response. “ has been for years now trying to donate doses to the DRC, …

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China backs peace in Africa area
2 months, 2 weeks ago

China backs peace in Africa area

China Daily  

Civil society workers arrange coffins of civilians killed during the clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at a mourning ceremony held at the Stade de l'Unite in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, September 2, 2024. China’s envoy to the United Nations on Tuesday reiterated support for the Democratic Republic …

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DR Congo military court sentences 37 to death in coup trial
3 months, 1 week ago

DR Congo military court sentences 37 to death in coup trial

Al Jazeera  

The defendants – who also included a Briton, Belgian and Canadian – have five days to appeal the verdict. A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has sentenced to death 37 people, including three United States citizens, on charges of taking part in a failed coup in May. “The court pronounces the harshest sentence: the death penalty …

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3 Americans sentenced to death in failed coup attempt trial in DRC
3 months, 1 week ago

3 Americans sentenced to death in failed coup attempt trial in DRC

NPR  

3 Americans sentenced to death in failed coup attempt trial in DRC toggle caption Samy Ntumba Shambuyi/AP KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday handed down death sentences to 37 people, including three US citizens, for their role in a failed coup in the central African nation this summer. “The …

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China Railway Resources to hike investments in DRC
3 months, 1 week ago

China Railway Resources to hike investments in DRC

China Daily  

As collaboration between China and African countries presents vast opportunities, China Railway Resources Group is planning to strengthen cooperation with partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior company executive said. "We will continue to leverage our advantages, technology and management to boost mutual development, engage in broader and deeper cooperation with companies in the DRC, and play a …

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The people of Gaza belong in Palestine – not Canada or DRC
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The people of Gaza belong in Palestine – not Canada or DRC

Al Jazeera  

Fulfilling the Palestinian right of return can address the need for temporary relocation of the population to rebuild Gaza. Israel and its supporters have used such concerns to push forward “solutions” which involve the mass expulsion and dispossession of the Palestinian population in Gaza. No more exile: Palestinians must stay in Palestine Evacuation, even temporary, is a fraught topic for …

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Gunfire, gang rapes and missing inmates: Inside a deadly DRC jailbreak
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Gunfire, gang rapes and missing inmates: Inside a deadly DRC jailbreak

Al Jazeera  

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo – It was two hours after midnight last Monday when the first bursts of gunfire rang out in Selembao municipality, south of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “In the middle of the prison break … broke the door of the women’s block and they started raping us,” she said. …

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Deep-rooted ties firm footing for DRC's modernization
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Deep-rooted ties firm footing for DRC's modernization

China Daily  

Journalists attend a news conference ahead of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing on Tuesday. WANG JING/CHINA DAILY Themed "Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future", the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation has brought together African leaders, including Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix …

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Deep-rooted ties firm footing for DRC's modernization
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Deep-rooted ties firm footing for DRC's modernization

China Daily  

Journalists attend a news conference ahead of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing on Tuesday. WANG JING/CHINA DAILY Themed "Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future", the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation has brought together African leaders, including Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix …

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China-Africa summit 2024: What’s in it for Beijing, Xi Jinping and Africa?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

China-Africa summit 2024: What’s in it for Beijing, Xi Jinping and Africa?

Al Jazeera  

Beijing is looking to woo African countries with more investment dollars in exchange for better access to raw minerals. The China-Africa summit, which will last from September 4 to 6, will see leaders of African countries meet and discuss policies and cooperation agreements with officials from the continent’s biggest lender and investor. Agreements in past summits have unlocked unrivalled access …

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