Mining
Chinese males accused of running illegal gold mine in Congo
S eventeen Chinese males have been apprehended on suspicion of running an unlawful cash cow in Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities stated there on Friday, as the government continued with a crackdown on unlicensed extraction of its minerals. The males were brought into journalism teleconference to reveal their detention in Bukavu, the primary town in strife-torn South Kivu province. They sat on chairs without restraints and did not speak with journalists. The guys were jailed after a government delegation made an unannounced visit to the mine website in the town of Karhembo on Thursday, the province's financing minister and acting...