1. Kinshasa seeks support for MONUSCO mandate

Kinshasa is seeking French support for a mandate covering cease-fire verification and parts of the Washington peace process. The consultations follow the FRN’s objection to renewing MONUSCO’s mandate and returning peacekeepers to South Kivu. The current mandate expires December 20.

2. Fifty pupils and teachers contract Ebola

North Kivu’s education district covering Beni, Butembo and Lubero counted 50 confirmed infections among pupils and teachers across 44 schools since the school year began. Inspectors found prevention equipment missing from several schools, while attacks on burial teams and stigma against survivors are complicating the wider response.

3. Masisi fighting kills at least four civilians

New accounts of Tuesday’s fighting put the civilian toll at at least four dead and about ten injured. Local sources said FARDC and Wazalendo forces retook Mirindano from the FRN/M23, with the sides still facing each other near Kazinga on Wednesday.

4. Ivanhoe lowers its Kamoa-Kakula outlook

Ivanhoe Mines cut its 2027 saleable-copper forecast for Kamoa-Kakula to 300,000–350,000 tonnes from 380,000–420,000 tonnes. It also raised its expected cost per pound, citing a slower underground ramp-up, lower ore grades and higher diesel costs.

5. Kolwezi residents take pollution case to court

Twenty-seven residents, including eight children, have sued Zijin-controlled COMMUS, the state and the environmental regulator over alleged pollution near a copper-cobalt mine. They seek compensation and cleanup.