Hundreds of people have been brutally killed and more than 150,000 have fled their homes in remote parts of Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Local residents of the area ...

Congo plans to build a 240 megawatt hydro power plant in Katanga province as Africa’s top copper producer moves to ease chronic power shortages in its main copper mining region, officials said ...

It’s always hard reporting on an issue that should be getting more international attention but for some reason isn’t. Mention the Democratic Republic of Congo to people and they think of Goma ...

Growing numbers of refugees are heading to Fube as relative peace returns to the lush and fertile district of Katanga province. But what's really special about this village is that it's all being ...

Troubles in mineral-rich Katanga province are anything but new. Reviewing the history will help put the present trouble in context. When the Congo became independent in 1960, Katanga secessionists, ...

A diplomatic source also told Reuters the first stage of Prince's effort in Congo would focus on securing mines and tax revenues in copper-producing Katanga province. One of the sources close to ...

Huambo was a key station on the Benguela Railway route It was in 1902 that a Scot, Sir Robert Williams, located vast copper deposits in Katanga Province (now incorporated in the Democratic Republic of ...

As governor of the DRC’s southern Katanga province, he was wildly popular, increasing revenue in the region tenfold during his rule from 2007 to 2015 and overseeing similar jumps in access to ...