Reporter in the Democratic Republic of Congo for @TheEconomist @NPR @France24 and others | Ex @AFP and @PoliticoEurope staffer | emmet.livingstone@gmail.com
Kinshasa, DRC
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The United States is sanctioning Rwanda's Ministry of Defense and Zigama Credit and Savings Society for supporting armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Rwanda must stop its destabilizing actions in eastern DRC that violate its obligations under the Washington Accords.
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Emmet Livingstone retweeted
My piece "The Beer Wars" is out in @thebafflermag.
It's about the war in Congo, Dutch independence, and everything in between.
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Emmet Livingstone retweeted
Kenya has confirmed four new cases of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus, bringing the total to seven. Health officials said three of the infected are health workers who treated the country's first patient. The fourth is a relative of that patient.
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Reckless indeed. And something international policymakers were warned about for months. There was never a coherent game plan for the Kabila factor. Too many competing agendas, too little reckoning with what is actually driving this war.
This is absolutely crazy. Joseph Kabila has joined the AFC/M23 — which is changing its name to the Front pour la Refondation de la Nation.
The peace process is presumably well and truly dead.
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This is absolutely crazy. Joseph Kabila has joined the AFC/M23 — which is changing its name to the Front pour la Refondation de la Nation.
The peace process is presumably well and truly dead.
URGENT : NAISSANCE DU FRONT POUR LA REFONDATION DE LA NATION (FRN)
Un nouveau mouvement politico-militaire, dénommé Front pour la refondation de la nation (FRN), a vu le jour à Goma ce lundi 12 octobre 2026. Il succède à l’AFC.
L’ancien président de la République démocratique du Congo, Joseph Kabila Kabange, est nommé à la tête de cette nouvelle structure. Il sera secondé par trois vice-présidents : Corneille Nangaa, Bertrand Bisimwa et le général-major Sultani Makenga, qui conserve également ses fonctions de chef d’état-major général de l’Armée révolutionnaire congolaise (ARC).
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EXCLUSIVE: Erik Prince's forces suffer battlefield loss in Congo, former UFC fighter among wounded, sources say reut.rs/4zn1AzU reut.rs/4zn1AzU
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Emmet Livingstone retweeted
Our most specific finding: Uganda is exporting shocking amounts of gold -- $8.9 billion worth in 12 months thru June -- & a firm called Thaba Investments is responsible for nearly half. 🧵
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Emmet Livingstone retweeted
Last year we noticed data showing enormous increases in gold exports from Africa to the UAE, particularly from countries adjacent to war zones in places like Congo & Sudan. Since then we've been flying around the world to follow the supply chain & crunching the numbers 🧵
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Emmet Livingstone retweeted
Google Earth's historical satellite view is an amazing research tool.
Here's the much-contested and dangerous Rubaya Mine in eastern Congo in 2010 and 2025:
ALT Satellite view of Rubaya in 2010: a patchwork of small green and brown farm fields on rolling hills, with a winding road, a small village, and only a tiny patch of exposed soil at lower right.
ALT Satellite view of Rubaya, DR Congo, in 2025: a large bare, orange-and-tan scar of open-pit mining cuts through green hills, with eroded gullies radiating outward and a village at upper left.
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Emmet Livingstone retweeted
A senior member of Congo's ruling party was beaten to death after taking part in a radio programme to raise awareness about the Ebola outbreak, a party representative said on Monday. reuters.com/world/africa/con…
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Is the fight against Ebola in Congo succeeding?
The Congolese government and its leading scientists says yes. Other experts, almost uniformly, say no: the disease is spreading farther and wider.
My piece for @NPR: npr.org/2026/09/26/nx-s1-597…
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Emmet Livingstone retweeted
🇨🇩🇷🇼Trump envoy to Africa Massad Boulos @FRANCE24: "sanctions on Rwanda were direct result of the invasion of Uvira, just after the Washington deal. They were given a chance to withdraw, we were extremely patient but unfortunately had to sanction."
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Air travel is perilous in Congo — even for the military elite. The army's auditor general has reportedly been killed, alongside 12 others, in a plane crash in the west of the country.
Crash de Kenge : 13 morts, dont l'auditeur général des FARDC selon le vice-gouverneur de la Kwango, la Force aérienne dépêchée sur place
Un avion s'est écrasé ce vendredi 25 septembre dans une parcelle de Kenge, chef-lieu du Kwango, ne laissant aucun survivant parmi ses 13 occupants. Selon le vice-gouverneur Rémy Saki, qui assure l'intérim du gouverneur Willy Bitwisila, l'appareil revenait de Kikwit vers Kinshasa et cherchait à atterrir dans une ville dépourvue de piste.
Douze corps ont été calcinés, seul celui du pilote a été récupéré intact et déposé à la morgue de Kenge. D'après le manifeste de vol, l'auditeur général des FARDC figurait parmi les passagers, avec des officiers, d'autres militaires et quelques civils. La Force aérienne a été dépêchée sur place pour récupérer les corps qui peuvent encore l'être.
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Emmet Livingstone retweeted
16 books to understand mining and critical minerals:
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Emmet Livingstone retweeted
Uganda's military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also the son of the country's long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni, said he would run for president in 2031. reuters.com/world/africa/son…
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The outbreak is now covering an area bigger than France, Harneis said.
The escalation of violence and intimidation is interfering with safe burials, decontamination, ambulance transfers and case investigations across several provinces.
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Emmet Livingstone retweeted
such a cool visual story from @NPR apps.npr.org/west-africa-tra…
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"MSF’s Ebola treatment center in Bunia, 90 percent of admitted patients were not traced contacts, while in the whole of Ituri province only 59 percent of contacts were traced." doctorswithoutborders.org/la…
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Science reports on new research pointing to Ebola circulating in Mongbwalu from at least January.
A culture of secrecy—and fear of blame, or receiving fines—may have delayed the emergency being detected earlier. science.org/content/article/…
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I interviewed the new UN Senior Ebola Coordinator, Julien Harneis, for @NPR. Listen here:
npr.org/2026/07/29/nx-s1-591…
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