A mine collapse on Tuesday at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo left at least 200 dead, according to Congolese authorities, a number disputed by the rebel group that controls the mine. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Labourers dig at the Rubaya coltan mine in the town of Rubaya, which is controlled by M23 rebels, in the eastern Democratic ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – It was the afternoon of Thursday, January 29 in the eastern Congolese city of Goma. More than 24 hours had passed since Grace Barata’s relatives had any word ...

What started as a normal mine exploration turned into a nightmare when the shaft suddenly began to collapse around us. The air filled with dust, rocks started falling, and visibility dropped to almost ...