Thousands of people were working on the informal mining site in eastern Congo, in an area controlled by an armed militia.

Twelve people have been rescued from a collapsed gold mine in eastern Congo. The mine, located in South Kivu province, collapsed on Sunday after a landslide.

According to him, information on the exact number of casualties is difficult to verify, as the affected miners did not work ...

A landslide at the Lomera artisanal gold mine in eastern Congo left an unknown number of people trapped underground.

P eople in a gold-mining area in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been using their bare hands and basic tools to free miners trapped underground. Six have been pulled out alive, with ...

Heavy rains Friday through Saturday triggered floods and landslides in Kinshasa's western neighborhood of Ngaliema, killing at least 17 people, the local mayor, Fulgence Bolokome, told the radio ...

At least 29 people died in Kinshasa after heavy weekend rains triggered floods and landslides, Democratic Republic of Congo's authorities said on Sunday (June 15). Veta Chan produced this report.

Up to 500 miners are believed to be trapped in eastern Congo, following a series of landslides, police in the province ofSouth Kivu said on Tuesday.Ten bodies have been recovered since the collapse in ...