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.

KINSHASA, Congo -- For much of the past decade, radical Islamic organizations have increasingly turned to a shadowy, lucrative means of survival: diamonds from this vast, war-torn Central African ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's state diamond miner, Societe Miniere de Bakwanga (MIBA), will sell around 300,000 carats of diamonds at an April 28 auction, a company official said on Friday.

Diamond mining is usually a dirty business. One jeweller is helping to turn blood diamonds into diamonds of prosperity through development ...

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

The report also alleges Russian mercenaries have looted gold and diamond mines, engaged in smuggling operations and are also involved in illegal sales of “conflict minerals'' (in this case gold and ...

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

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

A young American captured in Congo after a failed coup led by his father had been preparing for war since a young age, according to his social media. Christian Malanga, 41, was shot dead in Congo ...

New documents show top Trump officials disregarded concerns by State Dept. staff in relaxing sanctions on Israeli "Blood Diamond" magnate ...