By Suzanne Potter, Producer A new documentary looked at ways to reduce the human and environmental harms stemming from the ...

Thirteen-year-old Beni Cial Yumba Musoya used to spend her days scavenging for cobalt under the scorching sun in the artisanal mines of Kolwezi. Today, she dreams of donning a white coat and saving ...

KoBold Metals - the mining company owned by U.S. billionaires Jeff Bezos & Bill Gates - has signed a deal with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

KoBold Metals and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a mineral exploration pact, deepening the company’s activities in ...

A US consortium involving ex-special forces personnel is seeking to acquire Chemaf Resources Ltd., a copper and cobalt producer that has become a symbol of the growing competition for mineral deals ...

The clean energy revolution is being built on the backs of enslaved children and at the cost of strengthening China.

Child labourers in Africa are being rebranded as 'artisanal miners' – it's time for the West to stop ignoring modern slavery ...

The IBA’s news release noted that the war in the DRC has lasted for over three decades. Per the United Nations (UN), the DRC ...

For while this deal represents the most practical opportunity in years to end abuses against civilians in eastern Congo, it ...

Both analysts said the peace deal has economic motives. The eastern Congo is rich in minerals such as cobalt, gold, and coltan. Gasominari characterized the agreement as "a peace deal and a business ...