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 ...

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

Many are still haunted by the aborted legacy of DR Congo’s first prime minister, who was murdered on January 17, 1961.

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 ...

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

A court in the eastern Congolese city of Bukavu has handed seven-year prison terms to three Chinese nationals as part of an ...

Governments in Central Africa suppressed civil and political rights, especially in the context of elections, with impunity in ...

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

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

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

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 court ...

The trio are the first Chinese nationals to stand trial since DRC launched its latest push to crack down on the unlicensed ...