IMPACT found that despite efforts by the DRC government and international actors to introduce traceability and due diligence for artisanal gold supply chains in DRC, the illicit trade appears to be ...

DAKAR (Reuters) -Rebels occupying Twangiza Mining's gold concession in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have looted at least 500 kilograms of bullion since May, the company told Reuters, ...

FILE PHOTO: An employee stands in an open pit at Twangiza mine in eastern Congo (Corrects to remove reference to company ownership in second and last paragraph) (Reuters) -Twangiza Mining, a gold ...

Democratic Republic of Congo says it loses 60 tons of gold a year to smuggling. The new mines minister wants the country to build new sites to recapture that wealth. Louis Watum, who became minister ...

In a new short video, Mongabay visits the Dimonika Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO site in southwestern Republic of Congo. The government shut down a Chinese company’s gold mining operation in November ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -The Democratic Republic of Congo will start building gold reserves to bolster its currency and lift its economy, the central bank governor said, joining a rush in Africa and ...

FILE PHOTO: Refugees flee eastern Congo into Burundi as fighting rages in South Kivu (Reuters) -Gold miner Twangiza Mining SA has accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of forcing its employees to work ...

Barrick Gold Corporation’s African operations have emerged as the company’s strongest growth driver, posting an exceptional eight percent production increase in the third quarter of 2025, largely ...

Traders and exporters who are legally registered in the DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda are operating without apparent fear of sanction, even after being publicly named by the United Nations and international ...