A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were arrested in possession of ...

DR Congo is a country in Central Africa but many people do not know that the country hosts many mineral resources important for making smartphones.

Aug. 4 at 5:00 p.m. Correspondent Katharine Houreld and photographer Arlette Bashizi traveled together across southeastern Congo, visiting industrial and artisanal mines in the country’s three ...

OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE, Congo--For eight years, a Chinese mining company has been vastly ... It also has vast mineral wealth such as gold and diamonds. The original boundaries of the reserve ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) produced over 2 million tonnes of refined copper in 2023, according to the International Copper Study Group. This figure is expected to grow with the ...

diamond and silver. The illegal mineral trade is a longstanding problem that has fueled conflict, corruption and human rights abuses as armed militias and criminal groups often control mining ...

It’s been 15 years since the global effort to ban conflict diamonds began. But the industry is still tainted by conflict and misery Story by Aryn Baker/Tshikapa Photographs by Lynsey Addario for ...

Violence escalated when the Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement rebels seized control of Goma, a key mining city in eastern ...

The global rush for copper has triggered a wave of M&A activity among the major miners, but the Congo mines have been far less profitable than Glencore’s (OTCPK:GLCNF) (OTCPK:GLNCY) other copper ...

A lightning advance in Congo’s mineral-rich eastern borderlands is set to boost the M23 rebellion’s illegal mining revenues, with analysts predicting a further surge in illicit trade in ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution ...