News Democratic Republic Congo: In Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Reassessing Tax Incentives Can Assist Growth and Equity
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), rationalizing tax incentives could improve effectiveness of tax policies, and pave the way for future tax rate reductions, while ensuring adequate resources for development and social spending, according to the World Bank DRC Economic Update, released today.
News Democratic Republic Congo: In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, mining revenue is helping to fund rebel groups
The ongoing security crisis in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deepened, with two rebel groups, the Congo River Alliance (AFC) and the 23 March Movement (M23), ...
News Democratic Republic Congo: DRC Gold Trading Plans Expansion to Capture Informal Gold Production
State company DRC Gold Trading aims to collect 15 tonnes of artisanal gold in 2026, far above volumes declared in recent years. The company plans to expand operations across eight additional provinces ...
News Democratic Republic Congo: Enabling Entrepreneurship and Job Creation Through Social Protection in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the STEP Project is providing vulnerable youths and adults with professional training and financial support, with a focus on the development of entrepreneurial skills.
News Democratic Republic Congo: Congo export curbs to keep cobalt scarce till 2030
A GLOBAL cobalt shortage is expected to persist through the end of this decade as export restrictions from the Democratic Republic of Congo continue to disrupt supply chains, said Bloomberg News ...
News Democratic Republic Congo: DR Congo Creates Specialized Court to Prosecute Graft and Financial Crime
New Kinshasa-based court granted exclusive jurisdiction and dedicated prosecutor Tribunal expected to begin operations within three months Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi ...
News Democratic Republic Congo: DRC Launches Social Protection and Jobs Initiative Targeting Informal Economy
The project aligns with the DRC’s National Strategic Development Plan (PNSD 2024–2028), which prioritizes job creation, poverty reduction, and human capital development.
News Democratic Republic Congo: Trump Eyes Congo’s “Incredible Mineral Riches” as Armed Conflict Devastates Region
President Trumpâs Africa envoy Massad Boulos has finished a tour of several East African nations, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he discussed a peace deal that could involve the U.S. tapping the countryâs rich mineral resources, including cobalt and lithium. Several Western mining companies are already reportedly lined up to take part in the U.S.-backed mineral resources partnership. âThese people are among the poorest in the world,â says Jan Egeland, secretary general of
News Democratic Republic Congo: Rwanda, Congo sign US-brokered peace deal to end fighting that killed thousands
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a U.S.-brokered peace agreement on Friday, raising hopes for an end to fighting that has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more ...
News Democratic Republic Congo: Prosecutors open investigation into Monaco for alleged money laundering and corruption related to DR Congo sponsorship
The Principality of Monaco's judicial authorities have officially launched a preliminary investigation into the commercial partnership between Ligue 1 club AS Monaco and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Following a formal complaint citing potential money laundering, public fund misappropriation, and corruption, the €4.8 million sponsorship deal is now under intense legal scrutiny.
News Democratic Republic Congo: US-backed group buys DR Congo copper-cobalt mine under minerals deal
American company Virtus Minerals is poised to buy Chemaf, a troubled miner in the Democratic Republic of Congo, marking the first commercial deal borne out of the growing minerals partnership between ...
News Democratic Republic Congo: Congo to approve Chemaf sale to US-backed Virtus
Approval of a high-stakes acquisition signals how a new US partnership aims to secure access to key battery metals.
News Democratic Republic Congo: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Takes Steps to Strengthen Financial Preparedness for Disasters and Climate Shocks
A new report by the World Bank Group, in partnership with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), identifies priority reforms that would help the government, households, and businesses better withstand natural disasters and climate shocks. It provides a foundation for the development of a national Disaster Risk Finance Strategy and will guide dialogue with development partners.
News Democratic Republic Congo: Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a warning
On Aug. 20, in Bulape, a small town in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kasaï province, a 34-year-old pregnant woman was admitted to the local hospital with sudden fever, bloody vomiting, and ...
News Democratic Republic Congo: Congo-Kinshasa: Facing a Critical Funding Gap, the Humanitarian Community in DR Congo Is Forced to Strictly Prioritize Its Response in 2026
Kinshasa, 28 January 2026 - The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the humanitarian community in the country today launched an urgent appeal for US$1.4 billion to address humanitarian needs in 2026.
News Democratic Republic Congo: What’s next for the major pledge to halt & reverse Congo Basin deforestation?
Copince Ngoma, a member of the Bakouele Indigenous community, has relied on the lush green Congo Basin rainforest his whole life. His village’s forests, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Sangha region, are a wide repertoire for hunting, fishing and medicinal plants to care for his family. But in the last few years, as […]
News Democratic Republic Congo: Landslides kill 227 at Democratic Republic of Congo coltan mines at the centre of Washington’s struggle to control vital mineral resources
The supply chain for coltan and other strategic minerals is long, opaque and deliberately fragmented. Each layer adds distance between the ultimate beneficiaries—giant tech corporations such as Apple, Tesla, Samsung, Intel, Nokia, Motorola, Google, Microsoft, Dell, Sony and BMW--and the armed violence that secures their raw materials.
News Democratic Republic Congo: Democratic Republic of Congo: Multilateral Lenders Under Pressure From Exchange-Rate Effects Ahead of the 2026 Eurobond
A stronger Congolese franc has reduced the local value of external financing, creating a $836 million budget gap in the DRC’s 2026 fiscal framework. World Bank and AfDB project financing, capped in ...
