“The Congo River is the spine of our country,” says ... Builders trek deep into the jungle for suitable trees; sales allow them to live slightly above subsistence level. For the next few ...

For eight years a Chinese mining company has been vastly expanding inside an endangered World Heritage Site, accused by ...

But nearly two dozen residents, as well as former and current Kimia Mining employees from villages in and around the Reserve, ...

Scattered along the banks of the Ituri River, buildings cram together, cranes transport dirt and debris scatters the soil. The patches of trees are a scant reminder that a forest once grew there.Congo ...

Roman style columns now protrude through trees, enormous vases lining ... At independence in 1960, Congo had roads, railways and river-craft that were the envy of much of Africa.

Nestled in eastern Congo's Ituri province, the Chinese-run gold mine is rapidly encroaching on an area that many say it ...