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Unearth Justice campaign: tough action on pollution

Mining is often a cause of conflict, environmental destruction and toxic pollution. Since 2006, you have been calling on companies and governments to end this injustice, and give poor communities a greater say in whether mining is allowed, how it operates, and who benefits, as part of our Unearth Justice campaign. Find out how our actions are seeing results.

DRC: New report questions benefit of AngloGold Ashanti mine project to communities

As protracted negotiations over mining contract awards draw to a close in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new joint report reveals the potential environmental and social impacts of a new mine on local communities.

DRC and Rwanda: CAFOD supports Bishops calling for peace

We are calling for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Congo: Anniversary marred by brutalisation of women

The Democratic Republic of Congo celebrates 50 years of independence, but in the eastern region of the country one woman is being raped every 30 minutes

Democratic Republic of Congo

The DRC is a vast country with immense mineral wealth and natural resources. It is emerging from more than a decade of devastating civil war in which almost four million people died and as many as half a million women and girls have been victims of extreme sexual violence carried out by armed groups.