JOHANNESBURG/ LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Africa's biggest copper producers, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, are ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

The practice takes place near homes and rivers. Researchers show large chunks of critically important forest are being ...

The fresh offensive by the M23 rebels and Rwanda forces in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) coincides with the ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The surrounding landscape is devastated — centuries-old trees have been uprooted, and ...

The scene is the result of the invasion of Goma on January 27th by M23, an armed group under the control of Rwanda, Congo’s neighbour, which abuts the city. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, has ...

Diplomatic sources say the bloc is facing calls to suspend its wide-ranging minerals agreement with Rwanda amid fears it is ...

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ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has dismissed allegations that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to protect the business ...

Numbi, an eastern mining area in South Kivu rich in gold, tourmaline, tin, tantalum and tungsten - so-called 3T minerals used ...

After three years on the run from the Rwandan-backed M23 insurgency in eastern Congo, on Sunday, with the rebels fighting ...

Battle for control of DRC fuelled by increasing demand for minerals such as coltan and cobalt, crucial in smartphones and ...