Rwanda-backed rebels battling Congo’s army have pushed into a strategic, mineral-rich town in the east, ignoring calls for a ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army has appeared too ... Image Congolese troops who surrendered to M23 fighters boarded vehicles for transport to an M23 camp, outside Goma, on Jan. 30.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, battles are taking place for territory and rare earth minerals such as cobalt.

GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battling Congo’s army captured ... with bullets hitting some of our facilities and vehicles” on Wednesday. Two huge explosions also occurred near ...

Life Peace’s Country Director for Congo, based in Bukavu. Rubaya produces 1,000 tonnes of coltan annually—half the DRC’s output. Other areas of M23 control are rich in cobalt and lithium, which are ...

Residents walk next to a vehicle with M23 fighters on in Bukavu on 16 February 2025. M23 fighters and Rwandan troops entered the DR Congo provincial capital of Bukavu on 14 February 2025 ...

The armed rebel group M23 backed by Rwanda took control of eastern Congo's two largest cities ... four missing U.S. Army soldiers whose armored vehicle sank in a Lithuanian peat bog on Tuesday.

The Rubaya coltan mine generates around $800,000 in revenue each month for the Rwanda-backed M23 - Copyright POOL/AFP/File Kenny HOLSTON The Rubaya coltan mine ...

Recognising that the White House of President Donald Trump is interested in transactional relationships - and seeing the proposed Ukraine-US mineral deal - the resource-rich DR Congo is hoping to ...

Diplomatic tensions between Rwanda and Belgium have escalated over the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).