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Hong Kong court refuses to send Congo mining feud to arbitration
The Hong Kong court refused to compel arbitration (Credit: Shutterstock/Lee Yiu Tung) A Chinese state-owned entity has failed to persuade a Hong Kong court to send a dispute over alleged fraud at a Congolese mining venture to arbitration. Register...
Military court in Congo convicts former President Joseph Kabila of treason and other charges and sentences him to death
UN Says M23 Rebels Consolidating, Expanding Territory in Congo

African Development Bank, Republic of Congo sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for hosting of 2026 Annual Meetings
The African Development Bank Group and the Republic of Congo have signed a memorandum of understanding on the hosting and organization of the Bank’s 2026 Annual Meetings, scheduled to take place in May next year. Anatole Collinet Makosso, Prime...

Liberia: Congo Town Families Cry for Justice After Their Homes Are Destroyed
Oldest Congo Town, Monrovia – Families living in the Catholic Community of Oldest Congo Town are asking for help after their homes were torn down without warning. Many say they are now sleeping outside with no food, shelter, or place to go. By...

TotalEnergies, Chevron push for faster permits, seismic data in Africa
Africa’s oil and gas sector could be on the brink of a new exploration renaissance, driven by advances in seismic imaging, frontier data sets and faster permitting, stated global industry leaders including TotalEnergies and Chevron at the Africa...

I’M NOW MORE ZIMBABWEAN THAN CONGOLESE, SAYS RHUMBA STAR
Trust Khosa Zimpapers Entertainment Hub PITSHOU Lumiere of Diamond Musica has been resident in this country for more than two decades and says he now feels more Zimbabwean than Congolese. The rhumba star says the hospitality of Zimbabweans is...

Boskalis’ Blue Marlin Transporting ‘Colossal’ FPU for Congo LNG Project
Sep 29, 2025 Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis has engaged its heavy transport vessel Blue Marlin to move a recently converted floating production unit (FPU) to Angola, ahead of its deployment at Congo’s first natural gas liquefaction...

Boskalis vessel carrying Congo-bound floating production unit to Angola
Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis is using one of its semi-submersible heavy-lift and transportation vessels to move a recently converted floating production unit (FPU) to Angola. Blue Marlin transporting Congo-bound FPU; Source: Boskalis...

CAF CL: Aigles du Congo fall to Rivers United
CAF CL: Aigles du Congo fall to Rivers United The continental journey for Aigles du Congo comes to an end at the very first preliminary round. Despite a solid performance and stretches of well-organized defense, the Congolese side was undone by a...

Morocco Coach Regragui to announce squad for Bahrain, Congo matches
Morocco coach Walid Regragui will hold a press conference Thursday in Salé to unveil the “Atlas Lions” squad for upcoming matches against Bahrain and Congo, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation said in a statement. The briefing will take place...

Vice President JD Vance Tells Joy Reid to Show ‘a Little Gratitude’ for America
Vice President JD Vance said Thursday former MSNBC host Joy Reid “oozes with contempt” after she claimed America was racist. In a social media post, Vance commented on a video of Reid, who said during an interview: My father was from the Congo and...

Panama Cattle Rustling is Alive and Well in the Darien: 38 Cattle Recovered
DIJ and Senafront personnel pictured below during the operation. The Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation to clarify the facts and determine who is responsible for this crime of livestock theft. In the Río Congo Arriba sector of the...
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What Republic of Congo’s gold rush is leaving behind
Gold mining by the Chinese company City SARL inside the Dimonika Biosphere Reserve in the Republic of Congo has devastated 5 hectares (12 acres) of forest. Artisanal gold miners and some local community members have had to leave the area,...

Karachi records 5 of Sindh’s 6 Congo virus deaths this year as toll rises
KARACHI: The Congo virus has claimed six lives across Sindh so far this year, five of them in Karachi, as a 28-year-old butcher became the latest victim of the disease, medically known as Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). The man was...

World Bank Group appoints new Country Manager for Republic of Congo