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By Reuters Staff (Corrects members of consortium) KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday signed a $100 million solar-hybrid power deal with a consortium led by Gridworks, to provide electricity to half a million people across three cities that have no grid connection. Solar-hybrid systems combine solar power with another electricity generating energy source. For this 22-year concession, the back up power source will be diesel, Gridworks said. Less than 10% of Congo’s roughly 90 million people have reliable access to electricity. The consortium is led by Gridworks, whic...

Families fleeing a volcano eruption in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday they were struggling to find enough food and water as the United Nations called for aid and warned about the risk of cholera.

Thousands of people fled the Congolese city of Goma any way they could on Thursday after officials said magma under the city could cause a second volcanic eruption and ordered parts of the city to evacuate.

Thousands of people scrambled to flee the Congolese city of Goma on Thursday, some picking their way across landscapes scarred with lava, after officials said a second volcanic eruption could happen any time.

* Congo accounts for 8% of world’s tin-in-concentrate * As much as 175 tonnes of tin could be delayed - ITA * ITA sees build-up in stocks at mining operations (Adds ITA quote) JOHANNESBURG/LONDON, May 27 (Reuters) - Earthquakes following a volcanic eruption in Goma, a city near Congo’s border with Rwanda, are disrupting exports of tin concentrate from mineral-rich North Kivu province, the International Tin Association (ITA) said on Thursday. The industry association confirmed what two sources with direct knowledge told Reuters on Wednesday. The disruption to Congolese tin exports - which ...