Environmentalist Justin Landry Chekoua says he’s shocked by images of century-old trees uprooted and rivers contaminated in ...

Congo has broken off relations with Rwanda. The North Kivu region is rich in gold and coltan.Within three years, the March 23 ...

China's embassy in the resource-rich Democratic Republic of Congo has been warning Chinese citizens and firms not to venture ...

Suspects were found in possession of $400,000 in cash and substantial amount of gold, raising concerns about scale of their ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province, an environmental catastrophe is unfolding at a rapid pace. The Okapi ...

The court sentenced the men late Tuesday for the illegal purchase and illegal possession of minerals in Bukavu ...

GOMA, Congo — Three Chinese citizens were sentenced Tuesday to ... which has been documented to harm the environment and encroach on wildlife preserves. Many Chinese companies mine gold and other ...

Congo has struggled to stop unlicensed companies and local armed groups exploiting its rich reserves of cobalt, copper, gold and other ... on suspicion of illegal mining in a separate case were ...

The violence in eastern Congo has escalated. Near Goma in North Kivu, 13 peacekeepers were killed by M23 rebels, while Congo has broken off relations with Rwanda. The North Kivu region is rich in gold ...

Image by Elodie Toto for Mongabay. On Ngoma’s plot in Messock, the scars left by Mac Congo’s gold mining operations remain stark, even though the company vacated the site two years ago.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Three Chinese citizens were ... Many Chinese companies mine gold and other minerals in South Kivu, one of the eastern provinces of the DRC that have been plagued by violence ...