But to understand why the Congolese state is weak, it is necessary to take a more expansive view – such as that of Jason ...

Prominent Trump supporter Erik Prince has agreed to help Democratic Republic of Congo secure and tax its vast mineral wealth, ...

Away from the headlines around the minerals deal with Ukraine, the United States has pursued a potentially even more ...

He deconstructed what he called “the colonial library”: the accounts of Africa by Europeans whose aim, he said, was to further colonialism.

Location map of Kahuzi-Biega National Park in South Kivu, Virunga National Park and Upemba National Park in Upper Katanga Province, showing areas like Rwindi in Rutshuru (Virunga) occupied by the M23.

A diplomatic source also told Reuters the first stage of Prince's effort in Congo would focus on securing mines and tax revenues in copper-producing Katanga province. One of the sources close to ...

The agreement focuses on the copper-rich Katanga province in the southern part of the country, far from the conflict-ridden eastern regions controlled by M23 rebels. The Democratic Republic of the ...

Sources say Prince's initial security deployment is expected in the Katanga province, particularly at copper mines near Kolwezi – a region allegedly losing up to $40 million per month in ...