Suspects were found in possession of $400,000 in cash and substantial amount of gold, raising concerns about scale of their ...

A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were arrested in possession of ...

Three Chinese citizens have been sentenced to seven years in prison for the illegal exploitation of minerals in the eastern ...

More than 230,000 people have fled surging violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since the start of the year, the ...

Three Chinese nationals have been sentenced to seven years in prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east after being arrested in possession of gold bars and large sums of cash.

The trial took place against a backdrop of increasing efforts to combat illegal mineral trafficking in the DRC.

This trial highlights the Congolese government's efforts to tackle illegal mining. Found guilty of illegal mining, three Chinese nationals were recently sentenced to seven years in prison in the ...

A new United Nations report has found that more than 100,000 people have been displaced since the start of the year in ...

The town of Masisi is in a rich, mountainous location that provides access to the provincial capital of Goma. M23 rebel ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the worsening violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has already displaced 237,000 people this year. Escalating clashes ...

Seventeen Chinese men have been arrested on suspicion of running an illegal gold mine in Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities ... announce their detention in Bukavu, the main town in strife ...

A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced three Chinese nationals to seven years in prison for engaging in ...