A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...

The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

Belgium has angered Rwanda by condemning its role in backing the M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

For DRC’s other valuable minerals including coltan and cobalt, the scale of the plunder remains unclear. In December, DRC sued subsidiaries of Apple in Belgium and France, accusing the company ...

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

Diplomatic sources say the bloc is facing calls to suspend its wide-ranging minerals agreement with Rwanda amid fears it is inflaming the escalating conflict in eastern DRC. #EuroVerify ...

"I can confirm that the Belgian investigating judge has been ... Congo is a major source of tin, tantalum and tungsten, so-called 3T minerals used in computers and mobile phones.

For countries like India, the stakes are enormous. To participate in the post-hydrocarbon global economy, the country needs ...

Belgium has a particularly unsavoury history of colonialising certain African countries and this continues to be a bone of ...