KINSHASA, Congo-Kinshasa — Ndakasi, a mountain gorilla who famously posed for a selfie with a ranger at Congo's Virunga National Park, has died at 14 after a long illness, the park said. “It is with ...

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — A bridge at a copper and cobalt mine in southeastern Congo collapsed due to overcrowding, killing at ...

The governor of the South Kivu province in eastern Congo on Friday ordered the suspension of all mining activities in order to “restore order” in the mineral-rich region plagued by violence from armed ...

Thousands of people were working on the informal mining site in eastern Congo, in an area controlled by an armed militia. By Ruth Maclean and Justin Makangara Ruth Maclean reported from Dakar, Senegal ...

DIMONIKA BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Republic of Congo — Gold mining by the Chinese company City SARL inside the Dimonika Biosphere Reserve in the Republic of Congo has devastated 5 hectares (12 acres) of ...

BAMEGOARD, Republic of Congo — In the Republic of Congo’s Sangha region, the expansion of mining activities within conservation areas undermines the objectives of carbon sequestration and biodiversity ...

UNITED NATIONS, May 26 (Reuters) - In an apparent violation of U.N. sanctions, gold from conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo was exported to other African states with the aid of fake United ...