A mine collapse at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo left at least 200 dead, according to Congolese authorities, a number disputed by the rebel group that controls the mine. Cuba says a 5th ...

FILE - Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan mining quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File) ...

When the earth caved in eastern Congo last week, more than 200 Congolese miners were buried alive. Those who survived spent the next several days pulling hundreds of bodies from the red clay that has ...

This is the third accident in less than two months in these mining areas, which already have more than 700 victims. At least 300 people have died in a new collapse that occurred in the mining area of ...

GOMA, DR Congo, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of people were killed Saturday in a landslide at an artisanal mining site in the Rubaya mining area of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ...

The attack struck a residential area of Goma, killing an employee of the U.N.’s children’s agency and two others amid a sharp ...

Burundi partners with KoBold Metals and Life Zone Metals to explore minerals critical for ...

Rebel group blames government for attack on residential area of M23-controlled city of Goma ...

In Central Africa, the Republic of Congo approved a draft mining code in November 2025 introducing competitive bidding, formal permitting for small-scale miners and support for in-country processing.

Karine Buisset, a French worker for Unicef, among three killed in drone strike on building housing humanitarian workers in the city of Goma ...

East Africa faces a high likelihood—over 70 percent—of rainfall exceeding 300 ...

The 25th Ordinary Summit of East African Community heads of state in Arusha, Tanzania, on March 7, is supposed to bring ...