Men work at Makala gold mine camp near the town of Mongbwalu in Ituri province (Reuters) - Gold production in Democratic Republic of Congo continues to be systematically underreported while tonnes of ...

FILE PHOTO: Refugees flee eastern Congo into Burundi as fighting rages in South Kivu (Reuters) -Gold miner Twangiza Mining SA has accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of forcing its employees to work ...

KINSHASA, Congo – An official in northeast Congo says at least 60 people are dead following a landslide at a gold mine in a remote area. Local administrator Faustin Drakana Kananga told The Associated ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — More than 50 people are dead after landslides caused the collapse of three artisanal gold mines near the city of Kamituga in eastern Congo’s South Kivu province on Friday, ...

A Belgian businessman sanctioned by the U.S. over allegations of illicit gold trade in Congo said Friday the action undermines efforts to improve transparency in a region seeing rising official ...

Democratic Republic of Congo is finalizing a deal to take full control of a gold-export joint venture from its Emirati partner, after shipments slumped. Congo started Primera Gold DRC SA in January ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government says the mausoleum of assassinated independence leader Patrice Lumumba has been vandalized. It’s not immediately clear whether Lumumba’s remains — a single ...

KAMITUGA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Pink painted coffins lined a hillside in eastern Congo on Monday as rescuers filled them with the bodies of victims of a gold mine cave-in, ...

(Reuters) - Gold production in Democratic Republic of Congo continues to be systematically underreported while tonnes of the precious metal is smuggled into global supply chains through its eastern ...