Your phone, a rare metal and the war in DR Congo
There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the ...
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Malawi’s President Pulls Forces from DR Congo to Pave Way for Peace Talks
Lazarus Chakwera, the president of Malawi, has directed his country’s troops to start withdrawing from the Southern Africa ...
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DR Congo Rebels Announce Ceasefire to Ease Humanitarian Conditions
The Congo River Alliance, a coalition of rebel groups including the Rwanda-backed M23, has declared a unilateral ceasefire in ...
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Roundup: Get up to speed on the Rwanda-M23 offensive in DR Congo
The capture of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, last week by the M23 rebel group follows a three-year insurgency heavily supported by neighbouring Rwanda despite its ...
Rebels call for ceasefire in DR Congo after hundreds are killed in a week of fighting
A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, after fighting with the Congolese ...