The country is considering extending a restriction on cobalt exports to further push up prices. It’s not the only ...

Securing investment from a Western firm of Rio’s size would be a significant boost for the central African nation’s leaders.

Few relationships are as fraught with complexity and moral ambiguity as those between the United States and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ... industry magnates Thomas Fortune Ryan ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's defence minister began a visit to South Africa Monday aimed at strengthening "strategic ...

Rebel group M23 levies taxes on mining in the DRC. It generates income of about $800 000 in revenue per month. In Rubaya, the M23 has set up its own administration. Mine shafts snake under the eastern ...

Nearly 80,000 refugees spilled over the DRC's borders after M23 rebels captured Goma and Bukava.(Reuters: Thomas Mukoya) Fourteen South African soldiers died fighting M23 as the rebels advanced in ...

A very large percentage of mining opportunities in the DRC have been signed up by China. 70% of the world’s cobalt is mined in the DRC. And the planet’s largest cobalt mine is in the DRC and ...

In its statement, the US Treasury Department described Kabarebe as “a Rwandan government liaison to M23” who has “coordinated the export of extracted minerals from mining sites in the DRC ...