Congo halts ERG's copper & cobalt Boss Mining project citing ongoing environmental concerns after flooding in March sent mine waste into Kakanda river & town via @business

and another

Two interesting graphs from @mrochabrun

Congo displaced Peru as the second-biggest copper exporter last year via @markets

Amazing resource if you're interested in energy & Congo

🔥 (and a lot of insight, but also 🔥)

A longtime top adviser to Congo presidential candidate Moise Katumbi was arrested at Ndjili airport Tuesday for an unknown reason, Katumbi said via @bpolitics

Peru became the 2nd biggest copper producer after Chile in 2016, but production & investment have been curtailed in recent years by political & social instability, & Congo is set to pull ahead (and may already have.) via @markets

Our Bloomberg stats on DR Congo's 2022 total trade (imports+exports). China dwarfs everyone with $21.7 billion.

Here's the joint China-DRC communique in Chinese.

Xi Jinping meets Tshisekedi in Beijing. No big deals yet; some MoUs. Reworking of China contract may last all year. A new over-arching bilateral accord could come in next few months. China calls for regional solution to eastern conflict. via @bpolitics

US plans $250m to support Lobito railway corridor from Angola to DRC, part of Biden & G-7’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment initiative. Also funding Africell expansion along corridor via @markets

White House announces loads of Africa investment incl. $250m for railway corridor from Angola to DRC; Africell mobile payments & internet, and this:

World's quietest state visit: Tshisekedi heading to Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen next week while sensitive discussions over Sicomines & Tenke continue. Tenke deal between Gecamines & CMOC still not finalized; cobalt exports remain blocked. via @bpolitics

Tshisekedi says soldiers from the East African Community aren’t fulfilling their mandate to fight M23 rebels in the country’s east and he may ask them to leave via @bpolitics

Ugandan Energy Minister Ruth Nankabirwa said she held talks on Tuesday with a delegation from Congo to discuss sharing of oil infrastructure in the region. @fojambo

Congo’s oil ministry postponed bids on 4 eastern oil blocks, including 2 on Lake Albert & 1 overlapping Virunga, until Oct, Nov, & Dec. via @bpolitics

There are now 7.5 million Congolese who've fled their homes as IDPs or refugees. Seems only Ukraine & Syria have more.

570 people missing or dead in Kalehe territory in South Kivu after last week's rains caused floods and landslides, UN OCHA says. via @business

Now SADC wants to send troops to eastern Congo, joining EAC, Monusco, & the private military companies... via @bpolitics

Congo’s government is paying more than 145,000 employees who may not exist, according to the inspector general via @bpolitics

Ack, this is so sad. Kris: quiet, kind & humble and still fierce & principled & brilliant. I had so much left to learn from him. via @mondiaalnieuws