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A mine in Likasi on November 26, 2025. Image by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP).

In the race for DRC’s critical minerals, community forests are on the frontline

Didier Makal, Latoya Abulu 16 Jan 2026

A mine in Likasi on November 26, 2025. Image by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP).

In the race for DRC’s critical minerals, community forests are on the frontline

Didier Makal, Latoya Abulu 16 Jan 2026

DRC mines might be poisoning pregnant women

DRC mines might be poisoning pregnant women

Denise Maheho, Didier Makal 18 Nov 2024

Cobalt mining for green energy risks women’s reproductive health in DRC

Didier Makal, Denise Mahelo 18 Nov 2024

Makonga (in blue), who died in June this year, walking among the rubble of his former home.

In the DRC, a government commission is taking funds owed to people relocated by mines

Didier Makal 20 Aug 2024

Investigation uncovers damages of cobalt mining in the DRC villages

Mongabay.com 5 Aug 2024

Impunity and pollution abound in DRC mining along the road to the energy transition

Didier Makal 14 May 2024

Global cobalt rush drives toxic toll near DRC mines

Alex Shaw 27 Mar 2024

Adélard Makonga at the Gécamines mining site.

Mine in ‘world cobalt capital’ displaces locals and monks under questionable circumstances

Didier Makal, Eric Cibamba 23 Oct 2023

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