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Mon, 12 May 2014 15:47 PM

A prospector sorts gold particles found at the Marco gold mine in Mukungwe locality in Walungu territory of South Kivu May 10, 2014. Decades of corruption, mismanagement and violence have blighted the development of Congo, which at the time of independence in 1960 was Africa's second most industrialised economy. In 2013 it was near the foot of global tables for per capita economic output. Now industrial mining operations are moving back to regions that have been the preserve of artisanal miners since the collapse of Congo's state-run mining operations in the 1990s, at the end of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko's 31-year rule. Picture taken May 10, 2014. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIAL COMMODITIES POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Mon, 12 May 2014 15:40 PM

Prospectors pan for gold from soil being washed from the Marco gold mine in Mukungwe locality in Walungu territory of South Kivu May 10, 2014. Decades of corruption, mismanagement and violence have blighted the development of Congo, which at the time of independence in 1960 was Africa's second most industrialised economy. In 2013 it was near the foot of global tables for per capita economic output. Now industrial mining operations are moving back to regions that have been the preserve of artisanal miners since the collapse of Congo's state-run mining operations in the 1990s, at the end of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko's 31-year rule. Picture taken May 10, 2014. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Mon, 12 May 2014 11:54 AM

Pineapples are an attractive alternative to wilt-prone bananas, as they need less water and have export potential

Fri, 9 May 2014 08:10 AM

Societies that practice open defecation tend to have large income disparities and the world's highest numbers of deaths of children under 5 years old

Thu, 8 May 2014 08:04 AM