The miners’ anger (opens in new tab)

Shops looted, police stations ransacked, roads barricaded, buses damaged, lorries burnt. The artisanal miners of Lualaba and Haut-Katanga provinces – the cobalt and copper heartland of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – are angry. In January 2026, Congolese media outlet Kilalopress reported: “Kolwezi has almost ground to a standstill. Workers no longer dare […]The post appeared first on <a href="