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.

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

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

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 ...

Congo produced about 40% of the world’s coltan in 2023, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, with Australia, Canada and Brazil being other major suppliers.