According to the testimony, Gertler maintained financial ties with an unnamed associate of Congo’s former president while he ...

Gertler’s testimony cited in the arbitrator’s decision also describes how he made loans to the country and held assets worth ...

The new blood diamonds? Electronics makers are pressed to stop using 'conflict minerals' from mines controlled by armed groups in DR Congo.

After independence came in 1960, the Belgians put their weight behind an eccentric Baluba chief named Albert Kalonji, and went right on mining diamonds while the Congolese central government ...

The report also alleges Russian mercenaries have looted gold and diamond mines, engaged in smuggling operations and are also involved in illegal sales of “conflict minerals'' (in this case gold and ...

A PROMINENT Donald Trump ally is pursuing control of a controversial Congolese mine as part of Washington’s fresh approach to resolving the region’s long-standing conflict, said the Financial Times in ...

M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control which is vital to the production of the world's mobile phones - and over its ...

Nestled in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, the Chinese-run gold mine is rapidly encroaching on an area that many say it shouldn’t be operating in at all – the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, an ...

Kananga, DR Congo: Six people died when a diamond mine collapsed in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend, officials said on Sunday.

These industrial mines accounted for about 89 percent of Congo’s cobalt production in 2020, according to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, although industry insiders said some smaller ...