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 ...
In Congo, more than forty people have been killed in a diamond mine collapse in Samba town. 28 more Palestinians martyred by Israeli forces in Gaza 10 more Palestinians martyred in latest Israeli ...
"The first time I heard about the impacts of cobalt mining in Congo was from a TikTok [video]," Ms Ndango, who lives in the United States, tells the BBC. "After watching that TikTok I did my own ...
A toxic leak from a massive diamond mine in Angola killed at least 12 people and left 4,500 sick, a minister in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo says. The leak turned a tributary of the ...
Three Chinese nationals have been arrested with 12 gold bars and $800,000 (£650,000) in cash in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say. The gold and money was hidden under the seats of ...
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 ...
Democratic Republic of Congo has freed 14 of the 17 Chinese men arrested on suspicion of running an illegal gold mine in the country, authorities said late on Tuesday. The men, who are travelling ...
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 ...
Several hundred people demonstrated Wednesday in Democratic Republic of Congo to protest illegal mining in the country's east, where authorities are investigating claims of widespread illicit Chinese ...
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Seventeen Chinese men have been arrested on suspicion of running an illegal gold mine in Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said ...