Conflict coltan smuggled from war-torn DRC is finding its way into global markets and popular consumer products, despite due ...

Global Witness has alleged that more than 2,000 tonnes of conflict coltan smuggled from eastern Democratic Republic of the ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, more than 200 people have died in landslides at an artisanal coltan mine in Rubaya, in the east of the country. The accident occurred as a result of successive ...

At least 227 Congolese workers were killed last week when landslides collapsed several coltan mines in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Heavy rains triggered cave‑ins at the artisanal ...

Global Witness alleges Amazon, Sony, and Ericsson likely sourced coltan from M23-controlled mines in the DRC, raising ...

FILE -Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan mining quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File) (Moses ...

RUBAYA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Under the watchful eye of M23 rebels in the hills around the Congolese town of Rubaya, a line of men in rubber boots ferry sacks full of crushed rocks up winding ...

A landslide in a mining area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has killed at least 200 people. According to Reuters, AFP, and other news agencies on the 31st (local time), an M23 rebel ...

Their eyes shining from dust-white faces latticed by trails of sweat from working hundreds of feet underground, the thousands of miners who burrow into a rebel-held hillside know the risks – and are ...