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DRC: Eight killed in collision between boat & canoe on lake Kivu

Eight people were found dead Tuesday in South Kivu province, east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after their canoe collided with a boat on lake Kivu in the same province. Mathieu Alimasi Malumbi, the provincial transport minister in a statement to reporters indicated that victims were four women and four men. Their bodies […]

Energy

Oil exploration in DRC’s peatlands, forests draws warnings of environmental catastrophe

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) launched in July bids for 30 oil and gas blocks, with thirteen of them crossing through protected areas and national parks, the auction has caused uproar among environmentalists. The results of the bidding have yet to be announced, but while many of the country’s politicians and […]