It's been 15 years since the global effort to ban conflict diamonds began, but the industry is still tainted by conflict and ...

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 ...

Yet Western investments in Congo's mineral resources (copper, gold, tin, cobalt, diamonds, manganese, zinc) were colossal. And these investments meant that the West was determined to keep control ...

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

Congo, a leading miner of copper, cobalt, gold and diamonds, has long aimed to boost its oil sector. The country is believed to have sizeable oil and gas reserves. The licensing process has faced ...

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 ...