Massad Boulos says the Rwandan move was a ‘good faith’ gesture in response to U.S. concerns about private mining investments ...

The competing influence of the United States and China in Africa is expected to unfold in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

The vast country is struggling to prevent Rwanda and Uganda from seizing some of its most valuable assets.

Congo offers US, Europe minerals in exchange for peace Trump’s global tariff regime target, China, holds a stronger position than the US in Congo’s mining ... and gold. The DRC is the world ...

Malian authorities have shut the Canadian miner Barrick Gold's head office in the capital Bamako over alleged non-payment of ...

Beginning in 2022, the crisis in the eastern Congo is rooted in ethnic tensions ... both near the Rwandan border and home to many Chinese-run gold mines.

The race to control Congo’s minerals and smuggling routes ... Likewise, Uganda doesn’t have a large domestic gold-mining industry. But its gold exports hit a record $3.4 billion last year ...

But Hassan couldn't afford the full $1,000 ransom. Men work in a gold mine in this file photo at Chudja, near Bunia, north eastern Congo. “I was left confused, but quickly contacted the ...