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Solar minigrid brings light and hope to a Goma neighborhood, offering blueprint for rest of Congo
A solar minigrid in a Goma neighborhood where almost everyone lacked access to electricity just five years ago is offering a ...
UN aid chief warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in rebel-held eastern Congo
Residents listen to Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the ...
Armed rebels take control of Heineken facilities in DR Congo’s war-hit east
Heineken has lost operational control and withdrawn its staff from its facilities in conflict-affected areas of eastern ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo): Conflict survivors ‘have been through hell,’ says UN aid chief
Speaking from the Goma region, whose main city was overrun by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in January, UN Emergency Relief ...
Congo's cobalt dilemma unresolved by extended export ban
The Democratic Republic of Congo has extended its ban on exports of cobalt by three months as the world's dominant producer ...