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 ...

It also has vast mineral wealth such as gold and diamonds. Mining is prohibited in protected areas, which includes the reserve, according to Congo’s mining code.

The concession was awarded after the CAR government expropriated the mining concession from a Canadian firm. The report also alleges Russian mercenaries have looted gold and diamond mines, engaged 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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Katanga's Moise Tshombe is not the only secessionist to break off a piece of the Congo and call it his own. He is merely the richest. In the backcountry, other little fiefs have declared ...

Despite reforms, mining for EV metals in Congo exacts steep cost on workers After revelations of child labor and treacherous conditions in many cobalt mines, automakers and mineral companies said ...

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 ...