KAMPALA, Uganda—During the 19th century’s Scramble for Africa, European countries raced to secure territory and wealth across ...

With the deployment of the UPDF, Ugandan miners in eastern DRC are living in constant fear of tribal militias that accuse ...

It’s part of the Congo Basin rainforest — the world’s second-biggest — and a vital carbon sink that helps mitigate climate change. It also has vast mineral wealth such as gold and diamonds.

A Trump administration official says the United States is in talks with conflict-plagued Congo on developing its mineral ...

The company is among several linked to Goetz that are "involved in the illicit movement of gold valued at hundreds of millions of dollars per year'' from Congo, the Treasury Department said in a ...

Caught in the middle is the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country the size of Western Europe whose forests conceal a wealth of gold, diamonds and coltan, a key component in smartphones and ...