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, ...

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

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 ...

The new blood diamonds? Electronics makers are pressed to stop using 'conflict minerals' from mines controlled by armed groups in DR Congo.

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

Trump has called Black Lives Matter a “ symbol of hate ” and called its supporters “ thugs .” In 2020, Trump deployed the ...

Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler walks through the Katanga Mining Ltd. copper and cobalt mine complex during a tour of the operations in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Aug. 1, 2012.

Democratic Republic of Congo. Rough Diamond Production: 9,908,998 Carats. In the Republic of Congo, diamond production represents both a significant source of wealth and a major point of contention.

December 8, 2022: In CAR (the Central African Republic) Russian mercenaries appear to have gone into the blood diamond business. Since 2018 Russia has acknowledged it has military trainers and ...