Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...

A lightning advance in Congo’s mineral-rich eastern borderlands is set to boost the M23 rebellion’s illegal mining revenues, ...

The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took the Congolese trading hub of Goma last week, leaving thousands dead and wounded and raising ...

On Jan. 28, the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 captured Goma, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich ...

An insurgency led by M23 rebels in eastern Congo has escalated and reached the city of Goma, worsening a humanitarian crisis ...

Aerial view.deforestation.climate change.Illegal artisanal gold mining in a tropical rain forest Aerial view.deforestation.climate change.Illegal artisanal gold mining in a tropical rain forest congo ...

Credit: I Made Pasek via Shutterstock. Mining services provider Perenti’s underground mining division, Barminco, has secured a A$120m ($73.85m) contract with Nevada Gold Mines for the Goldrush Project ...

The court, in Congo’s eastern city of Bukavu, the capital of Congo’s gold-rich South Kivu province ... said that illegal mining activities rob the local community of potential revenue.

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

Image by Elodie Toto for Mongabay. On Ngoma’s plot in Messock, the scars left by Mac Congo’s gold mining operations remain stark, even though the company vacated the site two years ago.