The mine gave way after heavy rains on Wednesday, a local rebel spokesman says.

In mineral-rich Rubaya, source of most of the world’s coltan, miners suffer poverty and dangerous working conditions.

Mine collapse in eastern Congo leaves at least 200 dead - At least 200 people were killed in a landslide at coltan mines in ...

The government blames rebels, but such accidents are sadly common ...

GOMA, Congo -- At least 200 people were killed earlier this week when a landslide collapsed several mines at a major coltan ...

The Rubaya mine collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 200 people, including miners, children, and market women ...

More than 200 people have been killed in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ...

A landslide last week killed at least 200 people in eastern Congo at a rebel-controlled coltan mine and families of the ...

(Corrects first name of spokesperson in paragraph 1) Jan 30 (Reuters) - More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

Australian mining giant BHP will face trial before a British court from April next year to determine how much it must pay in ...

Congo’s government has long accused Rwanda of using M23 to loot the resources of the country’s east. In a statement this ...