Over six decades after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) gained independence, its eastern provinces continue to face violence, exploitation, and geopolitical manipulation. The rise of the M23 ...

Battle for control of DRC fuelled by increasing demand for minerals such as coltan and cobalt, crucial in smartphones and ...

Fleeing prisoners streamed from the torched jail as Rwanda-backed rebels claim they have captured the strategic city ...

Critical minerals factor into the fight.

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The conflict comes amid rising global tensions after Donald Trump’s election, especially between Washington and Beijing, over ...

A lightning advance in Congo’s mineral-rich eastern borderlands is set to boost the M23 rebellion’s illegal mining revenues, ...

and the 21st century brought one more complication to peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the proliferation of mining operations. DRC is home to some of the world’s largest ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have claimed to capture a key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - Goma. This is the ...

they are operating illegally due to a lack of compliance with current Congolese mining codes." Looking at what is happening on the ground in Africa right now, especially in the eastern region of the ...