Chinese nationals ignore embassy warnings in gold rush to DRC’s troubled east
A worsening security situation in the African nation's eastern provinces is no deterrent in reward-cost calculus, one expert ...
Congo's army and Burundian allies slow M23 rebel's southern march
Congolese troops with support from Burundi's army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by Rwandan-backed rebels ...
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Congo jails three Chinese citizens in illegal mining crackdown
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were arrested in possession of gold bars and $ ...
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Congo: interests in coltan, gold and cobalt behind the violence
Reports from eastern DR Congo are not reassuring. The ongoing war in North Kivu is escalating into a regional conflict that is spreading far beyond Goma. Militiamen belonging to the armed group M23, ...
Rwandan-backed M23 advance into DR Congo threatens regional war
M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province’s vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum ...
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Chinese nationals ignore embassy warnings in gold rush to DRC's troubled east
executive secretary of the NGO initiative Good Governance of Natural Resources in the provincial capital Bukavu. The gold rush coincides with a surge in prices for the precious metal, which ...