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The Mbalam-Nabeba project was set to be the biggest iron ore venture in Africa.

Federal police drop foreign bribery investigation into Australian miner

Sundance Resources was accused of bribing government officials in the Republic of Congo to progress an iron ore venture that was set to be one of the biggest projects in Africa.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey and Emmanuel Freudenthal

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Gold prices are near record highs in Australian dollar terms.

‘The curse of gold’: Ubiquitous symbol of wealth still fuels war and abuse

Easy to smuggle and sell virtually anywhere, gold continues to fund armed conflict in Africa and child labour in Australia’s region.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Jean Patrick Niambe, a hip-hop artist known as Dofy who often composes in Nouchi, a slang once crafted by petty criminals, records a new song in a studio in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Africans are reshaping French one rap and joke at a time

The French language is now spoken by more people outside France than within. It’s no wonder it’s beginning to sound more like TikTok.

  • Elian Peltier
People walk next to a house destroyed by the floods in the village of Nyamukubi, South Kivu province, in Congo.

Hundreds dead, many more missing after Congo floods

Heavy rains have brought flash floods and landslides to thousands in East Africa.

  • Justin Kabumba
Well-wishers wait for Pope Francis in Kinshasa, Congo, on January 31.

‘Hands off Africa!’: Pope tells greedy foreign companies to stop plundering Congo

Francis plunged headfirst into his agenda, denouncing the exploitation of Africa by colonial powers, today’s multinational mining industries and neighbour’s interference in Congolese affairs.

  • Nicole Winfield, Jean-Yeves Kamale and Christina Malkia
Smoke rises from forest fires in the region of Novo Progresso, in Pará state, Brazil, last week.

Brazil’s Amazon records worst August fires since 2010

The devastation generally caused by farmers lighting fires to clear land in drier months is more widespread than the blazes that set off global outrage in 2019.

  • Gabriel Araujo
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A resident holds a placard reading “MONUSCO get out without delay” as they protest in Goma against the United Nations peacekeeping force (MONUSCO) deployed in the DRC.

Dozens killed and injured in ‘social media-fuelled’ anti-UN protests

A Reuters witness said it saw UN peacekeepers shoot dead two protesters.

  • Djaffar Sabiti and Fiston Mahamba
Dozens of militia members have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for their involvement in the murder of UN experts, Swedish-Chilean Zaida Catalan and American Michael Sharp, who were abducted and killed in the Kasai region in 2017.

Court sentences dozens to death over UN expert murders but questions remain

The families of the murdered UN experts have challenged the court outcome, saying it fails to hold to account the senior figures who gave ordered the killings.

  • Jean-Yves Kamale and Carley Petesch
Fires burn alongside the Parana River Delta, near San Nicolas, Argentina where deforestation has been an issue.

‘Significant milestone’: In Glasgow, the world moves to halt deforestation

Leaders representing land which is home to more than 85 per cent of the world’s forests are expected to commit to reversing deforestation by 2030.

  • Nick O'Malley
Ndakasi, lies in the arms of her caregiver, Andre Bauma, before her death.

Congo’s selfie-famous mountain gorilla Ndakasi dies at 14

Her sweet nature and intelligence helped rangers understand the connection between humans and great apes.

  • Jean-Yeves Kamale and Carley Petesch

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