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Day: July 29, 2022

DR Congo launches controversial auction for oil and gas blocks

KINSHASA— The Democratic Republic of Congo launched a controversial auction of 30 oil and gas blocks, despite warnings that drilling in the country’s rainforests and peatlands could be environmentally catastrophic.Of the 27 oil blocks put up for auctio…

UN Weekly Roundup: July 17-29, 2022

Anti-UN protests turn deadly in DRCThe acting head of the United Nations mission in eastern Congo said Wednesday that they would carry out a joint investigation with national police into the shooting deaths of three peacekeepers and a dozen Congolese c…