RMCA Participation to the The CAG30 2025

We are pleased to report that a part of the GeoRes4Dev team attended and presented results at the 30th Colloquium of African Geology in Nairobi, 22-26 Sept 2025. The team was well represented, with eight research presentations, and panel discussion participation. 
Research was presented by GeoRes4Dev team members Pascale Lahogue, Damien Delvaux, Camille François, Anouk Borst, Nicy Bazebizonza and Toussaint Mushamalirwa. 
An overview of the submitted abstracts can be found below.

Abstracts:

1. Anouk Borst, Evelyne Safari, Damien Delvaux de Fenffe, Louis Nahimana, Fernando Prado Araujo, Camille François (2025) Flake Graphite Occurrences on Idjwi Island in Lake Kivu, DRC: Origin and Economic Potential in the Mesoproterozoic Karagwe-Ankole Belt, 30th Colloquium of African Geology, ID 10_023, Nairobi
2. Anouk Borst, Sebastian Rodriguez Ardila, Fedoua Merebbah, Camille François, Stijn Dewaele, (2025) Incremental emplacement and complex metasomatic overprinting of the giant Manono-Kitotolo spodumene pegmatites, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 30th Colloquium of African Geology, ID 10_027, Nairobi
3. Aimée Love Pay, Camille François, Damien Delvaux, Marc Poujol, Hardy Nkodia, Daniel Baudet, Valentin Kanda, Nicole Kitambala, Luc Tack (2025) Petrological and Geochronological Study of the Paleoproterozoic Kimeza Supergroup in the Matadi Region (Kongo Central, D.R. Congo), 30th Colloquium of African Geology, ID 09_023, Nairobi
4. Camille François, Damien Delvaux, Anouk Borst, Marc Poujol, Marie Catherine Sforna, Francesca Cecchet, Augustin Dekoninck, Omar Boudouma, Hardy Nkodia, Aimée Love Pay, Nicole Yaya Kitambala & Luc Tack (2025) Late Panafrican Metamorphic Evolution Of Garnet-Bearing Graphitic Micaschists In The West Congo Belt (Boma Region, Kongo Central, Democratic Republic Of Congo), 30th Colloquium of African Geology,  ID 09_004, Nairobi
5. Damien Delvaux, Christian Kalikone, Evelyne Safari, Toussaint Mushamalirwa, Anouk Borst, Camille François, Louis Nahimana, Michel Villeneuve (2025) Stratigraphic correlation between Supergroups of the Mesoproterozoic Karagwe-Ankole Belt across the Kivu rift. A review and new data from the Nya-Ngezie, Kalehe and Idjwi sectors in eastern DRC, 30th Colloquium of African Geology, ID 01_034, Nairobi
6. Pascale Lahogue, Nicy Bazebizona, Nadège Ngala, Jemima Bounkouda, Prefina Samba, Jeaney Lusongo, Hardy Nkodia, Ange Thijenira, Junior Lutete, Bernard Libs, Michael Laumanns, Jean-Philippe Dégletagne, Guiseppe Spitaleri, Imen Arfaoui, Josiane Libs, Damien Delvaux, Florent Boudzoumu (2025) Study of four remarkable karsts in the DRC and the Republic of Congo: towards a potential transboundary UNESCO Global Geopark in Central Africa? 30th Colloquium of African Geology, ID 06_027, Nairobi
7. Nicy Bazebizona, Damien Delvaux, Hardy Nkodia, Prefina Samba, Florent Boudzoumu, Imen Arfaoui, Pascale Lahogue (2025) Transpressive strike-slip faulting and cave development in the West Congo Supergroup: Insights from the Mbelo caves in the Madingou region, Republic of Congo, 30th Colloquium of African Geology, ID 09_033, Nairobi