The United States has imposed sanctions on an armed group and several companies tied to the illicit trade of conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), targeting a major source of ...

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned an armed group in Rwanda involved in illegal mining ...

In the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the city of Manono sits atop the world's largest reserves of this mineral essential to the energy transition. A Chinese group signed the first ...

The visit to MMG Kinsevere aimed to evaluate the company’s implementation of community development projects under the cahier ...

With regard to company reporting, although the number of companies filing conflict minerals disclosures in 2023 “increased for the first time since 2014”—12 more than in 2022—”many ...

The plaintiffs accused five tech companies of joining suppliers in a "forced labor" venture by purchasing cobalt, which is used to make lithium-ion batteries that are widely used in electronics.

The company’s local South African manufacturing base has been central to reduced lead times, while a well-established distribution and service network has enhanced support capabilities and ...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed a child labor case Tuesday against technology companies and refused to hold them accountable for their alleged support of the use ...

The DR Congo has opened bids for drilling rights in oil blocks cutting across half of the country and most of the EU-backed ...

Over the past year, for example, UNICEF has reunified more than 9,000 children in eastern DRC with their families or placed them with temporary foster care families and assisted more than 400,000 ...