Tensions rise in DRC mining region as community leaders arrested over protest

Mongabay
May 15, 2026, 5:41 pm112 ptsTrending
Civil society groups have denounced the “arbitrary” arrests of 11 community leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo following a peaceful protest over the impacts of mining operations on local communities. Authorities made the arrests on May 1 in the country’s southeastern Lualaba province, prompting…

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