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: The US recently backed a new paramilitary guard to secure mining sites and signed a controversial deal to send "third-country" deportees to the DRC. 🎷 Culture & Life

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a land of staggering contrasts—home to the world's most vital carbon sink and vast mineral wealth, yet grappling with modern humanitarian crises and deep-rooted conflict. 🌿 The "Lungs of Africa" : The US recently backed a new paramilitary

: A major landslide at a coltan mine in Masisi killed over 200 people, including many children, in March 2026. including many children

The Congo Basin is the , absorbing more carbon than it emits. absorbing more carbon than it emits.