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Katanga mining is a unit of Swiss commodity trader, Glencore, which owns about 86% of the entity.

The company announced that it resumed exporting and selling a limited quantity of cobalt from its Kamoto Project in the DR Congo

between 50 and 100 people were aboard the motorised boat, known locally as a pirogue, which was also laden with goods.

The ceremony will see the 55-year-old sworn in as president, replacing Joseph Kabila who has ruled DR Congo since 2001.

Winning candidates include Kabila’s brother Zoe, who was elected governor of the southeastern province of Tanganyika.

At stake are 15 seats in DR Congo’s lower house of parliament, which counts 500 lawmakers.

Felix Tshisekedi was elected president in the country’s first peaceful transfer of power since independence

Miners had dug a shaft to look for cassiterite, a source of tin, but the walls caved in after heavy rain.

Tsishekedi’s tribute has sparked anger in the DRC.

The toll is the second deadliest in the history of Ebola