In recent years, they have once again captured strategic regions of the DRC, especially along the border with Rwanda and Uganda, where they mine ... the Congo to King Leopold II of Belgium ...

The atom bomb that the US dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 had a little-known African connection. About two-thirds of the uranium used in “Little Boy”, as the bomb was dubbed, was extracted from ...

Jacques addresses the significance of the astounding Lucara Diamond recently discovered, and GIA's work helping dealers, ...

It’s been 15 years since the global effort to ban conflict diamonds began. But the industry is still tainted by conflict and misery Story by Aryn Baker/Tshikapa Photographs by Lynsey Addario for ...

Dan Gertler, pictured at a mine in the ... Kabila's control over DR Congo's political establishment, the US wants Mr Gertler contained too. The football-loving son of a successful diamond-trading ...

become the world’s leading producer of industrial diamonds, cobalt, uranium, and one of the major exporters of copper and tin. During World War II the Congo even paid the bills for the Belgian ...

the intensifying mpox outbreak places additional strain on the Democratic Republic of Congo and surrounding African nations; heightened security tensions spur the United States, keeping nuclear ...

CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Burgundy Diamond Mines Limited (ASX:BDM) (Burgundy or the Company) is proud to announce that the Ekati Diamond Mine has reached a historic ...

CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Burgundy Diamond Mines Limited (ASX:BDM) (Burgundy or the Company) is proud to announce that the Ekati Diamond Mine has reached a historic milestone ...