Rwandan-backed armed group M23 seized one of the world’s most productive coltan concessions, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, a UN report estimates that 120 tonnes of the precious ...

On Jan. 28, the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 captured Goma, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the earth of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where a war is currently ...

Closest airports to Kindu, Democratic Republic Of The Congo are listed below. These are major airports close to the city of Kindu and other airports closest to Kindu Airport. This page provides all ...

For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much ...

In mid-December, peace talks between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ... Tutsi identities and Rwanda’s national past. (Map via Joe Schueller) Running counter to this ...

The conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the Democratic Republic of Congo is often presented as a struggle to ... Last April, they seized Rubaya, whose mines produce an estimated 15% of the world ...

A Rwandan-backed campaign in DR Congo exposes how Paul Kagame turned his genocide-scarred country into a belligerent military force ...

The mining town of Rubaya in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) even has the feel of the Wild West, complete with occasional gunfire from disputes over claims. Nine months before the ...

Kenyan President William Ruto, the East African Community (EAC) chair, convened a virtual summit on 29 January to discuss the ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are seeking to advance ... For more than a year, M23 has controlled Congo’s coltan-mining region of Rubaya, generating an estimated ...