Rwanda-backed M32 rebels now control some 70% of the territory in eastern Congo's North Kivu province. They've been advancing ...

"They [the U.S.] are now direct beneficiaries of instability in Congo, looting the natural resources to benefit their ...

Congo is the world's largest producer of cobalt, a mineral used to make lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and ...

Congo is the world's largest producer of cobalt, a mineral used to make lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and smartphones. It also has substantial gold, diamond, copper and cobalt reserves.

HB Antwerp uses a blockchain to track diamonds and to route more money to the stones' home country. Industry giant DeBeers ...

With unemployment on the rise and a downturn in diamond demand, can Botswana's new administration succeed in driving economic ...

Analysis - With at least 40,000 coerced into mining coltan, and several global tech brands directly implicated in funding conflict, pressure needs to bear on stopping the war as an imperative for the ...