The Inlander22h
Tracing cataclysmic floods and geologist J Harlen Bretz’s footsteps across the Pacific Northwest
For many people, the "King" Columbia River begins and ends with the Grand Coulee Dam, the iconic 1930s project that produces ...
allAfrica.com on MSN23h
Conflict Spreads to South Kivu as Clashes Continue [interview]
Marcus Bachmann, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) head of programmes for South Kivu province, explains the situation in this part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the conflict ...
One Lake, Two Worlds: Jet-Skis in Rwanda. Bodies Ashore in Congo.
The Rwandan shore of Lake Kivu offers leisure and relaxation. Across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the same ...
tralac.org11d
The intractable conflict minerals problem
The problem for the outside world is that initiatives to deal with the problem have proven ineffective. The standard mechanism is to certify the minerals used throughout the international supply chain ...
Yahoo News UK15d
Fighting resumes in DRC's South Kivu ahead of crisis talks
Goma is the capital of North Kivu province, fell into rebel hands last week. The capture of Nyabibwe on Lake Kivu brings the rebels a step closer to the provincial capital Bukavu some 70 kms south, a ...
Daily Post Nigeria16d
M23, Rwandan troops launch fresh attack on DR Congo
The M23 and Rwandan forces on Wednesday launched a new attack on the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, seizing a mining town in South Kivu province, as they resumed their advance towards the ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org20d
5 things to know about the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The capture of Goma is a dramatic culmination of over three years of conflict in North Kivu province. The M23 is now threatening to march "all the way to Kinshasa," the DRC capital, in a conflict ...
DR Congo conflict: Why is the EU under pressure to reconsider its minerals partnership with Rwanda?
Diplomatic sources say the bloc is facing calls to suspend its wide-ranging minerals agreement with Rwanda amid fears it is inflaming the escalating conflict in eastern DRC. #EuroVerify ...
Mercy Corps23d
Humanitarian Catastrophe Unfolds in DRC’s North and South Kivu as Violence Escalates: INGOs Urge Immediate Action
Despite the challenges and forced sheltering in place of their staff, ready to provide urgently needed support, humanitarian NGOs remain committed to staying and delivering aid in North and South Kivu ...
CNN23d
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
The Congolese government has yet to confirm the rebels’ takeover but acknowledges their presence in the city, capital of the eastern North Kivu province. It announced Sunday it had cut ...
KRDO24d
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
(CNN) — A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region this week, pushing back against resistance from government ...