DR Congo
Minerals for security: can the US break China’s grip on the DRC?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is offering the United States significant mining rights in exchange for military support.
Oil is a major source of income for eight African countries – OWID
Oil production plays an important role in the economy of many African countries. The chart shows oil rents as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) for the nine African nations most reliant on it, Our World in Data reports.
Kamikaze marketing: how the natural diamond industry could have reacted to the lab-grown threat
Years ago I noticed a plaque hanging on the wall in a private equity group in Mayfair that read: “The Roman Empire wasn’t built by holding committee meetings; it was built by annihilating the opposition”. The same applies to lab grown diamonds.
10 African countries to experience world’s fastest population growth to 2100
Countries and areas in sub-Saharan Africa are projected to see their populations increase by 79% over the next 30 years, reaching 2.2bn people by 2054, according to the UN.
Global access to energy starts to fall for the first time in a decade, says IEA
Population growth means that for the first time in a decade access to global energy has begun to fall despite the massive investment going into clean energy to fight the climate crisis, the International Energy Agency said in a new report.