According to Congo’s Ministry of Mines, nearly 10% of the population relies on income from diamonds, and the country produces about a fifth of the world’s industrial diamonds.

In total, artisanal miners in Congo produced 9.2 million carats of diamonds in 2021, according to mines ministry statistics. Luc Pongo Mwamba, ...

Congo has denied all the allegations. "We observe that certain member countries have been wanting to exclude us," Congo mines ministry official Louis-Marie Djama was quoted by Associated Press news ...

Gertler’s testimony cited in the arbitrator’s decision also describes how he made loans to the country and held assets worth ...

2003-11-20 04:00:00 PDT Kisangani, Congo-- For five years, Thierry Kikumbi watched diamonds feed the war in Democratic Republic of Congo, as rebels and invading foreign armies looted the precious ...

Brilliant Earth, which does not use diamonds from Congo in its jewelry, has invested $35,000 in the Lungudi school, one of two schools that make up the pilot project. “We are really hopeful ...

KINSHASA, Congo — Diamond-rich and war-ruined, Congo on Friday signed on to an international policing system meant to stop the illicit trafficking of diamonds for arms. Congo’s rebels, who ...

Further investigations traced some of the diamonds to a firm in the UAE, which sold the diamonds and took a commission for that. In eastern Congo (North Kivu province) M23 (March 23 Movement) rebels ...

Peace remains elusive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where fighting still rages. A cease-fire deal between the ...

At least six people were killed when an artisanal diamond mine in Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai province caved in, a provincial official said on Thursday, adding that there could be more ...