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August #WomensMonth made possible by the Intercare Group

August #WomensMonth made possible by the Intercare Group

Bizcommunity.com 20 Jul 2021

Electricity is vital for improving the quality of life of many in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: USAID_images/Flickr

Banning fossil fuels in sub-Saharan Africa could slow the transition to renewable energy

Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 16 Jul 2021

Artisanal miners work at the Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 11 June, 2016. Reuters/Kenny Katombe

Congo's cobalt monopoly to set price floor for artisanal miners

16 Jul 2021

Artisanal miners work at a cobalt mine-pit in Tulwizembe, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, 25 November, 2015. Reuters/Kenny Katombe/File Photo

Congo likely to start artisanal cobalt buying

Pratima Desai & Helen Reid 13 Jul 2021

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

Michelle Nichols 9 Jul 2021

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How mining survived the pandemic

Yaa Agyare-Dwomoh 23 Jun 2021

Glencore says to restart Congo's Mutanda mine towards end of 2021

Hereward Holland 22 Jun 2021

Australia's Fortescue in talks on giant Congo hydro project

Australia's Fortescue in talks on giant Congo hydro project

Melanie Burton and Hereward Holland 15 Jun 2021

Glencore to restart operations at Mutanda copper, cobalt mine in 2022

Pratima Desai 19 May 2021

Artisanal miners work at a cobalt mine-pit in Tulwizembe, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 25, 2015. Picture taken November 25, 2015. Reuters/Kenny Katombe/File Photo

Cobalt, Congo and a mass artisanal mining experiment

Andy Home 14 May 2021

Rescuers work in Kamituga, South Kivu, at the entrance of one of the mines which collapsed following torrential rains trapping dozens of artisanal miners in September 2020. Photo by Stringer/AFP via Getty Images

How large miners and states stifle local capital and innovation in DR Congo

Ben Radley & Sara Geenen 13 Apr 2021

Scaling up bioenergy production could substantially raise water stress - new study

Scaling up bioenergy production could substantially raise water stress - new study

12 Mar 2021

Grand Inga 3. Photo: Congo Research Group

South Africa can't afford hydropower from Inga 3

Siziwe Mota 23 Feb 2021

Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate - here's why

Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate - here's why

Zhengyao Lu and Benjamin Smith 12 Feb 2021