In the heart of eastern Congo's lush Ituri province, a Chinese mining operation is quietly dismantling one of the world's most precious ecological treasures. The Okapi Wildlife Reserve ...

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.

Seventeen Chinese men have been arrested on suspicion of running an illegal gold mine in Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said there on Friday, as the government pressed on with a ...

The men, who are travelling back to China, were detained last week along with others from Congo and neighbouring Burundi after failing to produce the required documents during a crackdown on ...

Seventeen Chinese men were arrested for allegedly running an illegal gold mine in Congo amid a crackdown on unlicensed mineral extraction. Arrests followed an unannounced government visit to the mine ...

Nestled in eastern Congo's Ituri province, the Chinese-run gold mine is rapidly encroaching on an area that many say it shouldn’t be operating in at all - the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, an ...

While the mission praises foray for fighting ADF, observers see nothing more than interest in an area that boasts gold, which ...

Seventeen Chinese men have been arrested on suspicion of running an illegal gold mine in Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said there on Friday, as the government pressed on with a ...

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.