Democratic Republic of the Congo

Dutch prosecutors drop Samos case against Israeli businessman Dan Gertler

The decision adds to a broader pattern of legal cases falling away around Gertler after years of scrutiny tied to mining deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Israeli businessman Dan Gertler.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. greets people at halftime of the championship game of the Emirates NBA Cup at T-Mobile Arena on December 16, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. comes out of retirement after exhibition with Mike Tyson

South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers queue to mark a register upon arrival at Tempe Military Base in Bloemfontein on June 14, 2025, following their withdrawal from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

South Africa to withdraw 700 troops from UN peacekeeping in Congo

A miner works in a coltan mine in Birambo, Masisi territory, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 1, 2018

More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in east Congo, official says


At least one person killed in protest near Barrick's Congo mine

"Shots were fired and at least one death and several wounded have been confirmed," the governor's office said, referring to Friday's confrontation between settlers and police.

 Workers are pictured on a plain of sludge on a tailings dam at the Kibali gold mine in Haut-Uele province, Democratic Republic of Congo October 8, 2021.

WHO employees took part in Congo sex abuse during Ebola crisis, report says

More than 80 aid workers including some employed by the World Health Organization (WHO) were involved in sexual abuse and exploitation during an Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo/.

A logo is pictured on the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

Israel's African asylum seekers are living in limbo

Israel's government tends to take a long time processing each individual’s claim for refugee status, and rarely grants it, leaving them stuck in a country with minimal rights and an uncertain future.

African asylum seekers wait to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel

Around 400,000 people need help after fleeing Congo volcano, UN says

At least 31 people died when Mount Nyiragongo sent a wall of lava spreading towards the city of Goma on Saturday, destroying 3,000 homes along the way.

A woman prepares to evacuate from recurrent earth tremors as aftershocks after homes were covered with lava deposited by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo near Goma

Suspected Islamists kill 22 with knives, machetes in eastern Congo

A four-month-old baby was found alive on the back of one of the victims, one of seven children from the same family believed to have been orphaned in the latest violence that hit a number of villages

Militants of the Al-Nasser Saladin Brigades stand guard outside a hospital morgue before the funeral of Palestinians who were killed by Israeli fire, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 12, 2018

Mossad chief Cohen, Dermer sought end of US sanctions on mining magnate

Israeli mining magnate Dan Gertler had sanctions placed on him by the US for allegedly corrupt activities in the DRC.

Former Mossad Director Yossi Cohen

US revokes sanctions waiver for Israeli mining magnate Dan Gertler

The Trump administration eased the sanctions in a secret action in its last week in office in January, a license granted by the Treasury Department showed.

FORMER US President Donald Trump attends the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday.

Slain Italian Ambassador remembered in Middle East

Luca Attanasio died alongside an Italian soldier after their car was attacked as they traveled in a UN convoy in the eastern part of the Congo.

Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo Luca Attanasio

Italian ambassador and two others killed in attack on UN convoy in Congo

The Italian ambassador, Luca Attanasio, and a military policeman traveling with him were killed, the Italian foreign ministry said in a statement.

Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) soldiers rest next to a road after Islamist rebel group called the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked area around Mukoko village, North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 11, 2018.

Congo confirms second Ebola case in resurgence of major outbreak

Disabled couriers sits on their tricycles as they wait to transport grocery at the no-man's-land amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak between Rwanda and Congo in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo November 20, 2020