Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, ...

For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...

Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...

DR Congo is a country in Central Africa but many people do not know that the country hosts many mineral resources important ...

The conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the Democratic Republic of Congo is often presented as a struggle to control ...

Interview - Director Johan Grimonprez discusses Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, his powerful exploration of Congo's decolonization struggle, in conversation with Peter Mertens, Belgian political leader ...

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

The hunt for tech-industry minerals in eastern Congo harks from a different age to the products they will become. Filthy ...

The upcoming African Mining Week Summit, scheduled for October 1 - 3 in Cape Town, will highlight profitable opportunities ...

Conflict minerals include the likes of tantalum, which features in electronics across the world, and it's going to be ...