The conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the DR Congo is often presented as a struggle to control the valuable minerals ...

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Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took the Congolese trading hub of Goma last week, leaving thousands dead and wounded and raising ...

M23 rebels' advance in mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo puts green minerals rush in the spotlight.

The hunt for tech-industry minerals in eastern Congo harks from a different age to the products they will become. Filthy ...

the armed groups want to occupy the whole of eastern Congo because of its land, its gold mines and, above all, its cobalt mines. Gold nuggets can be found by simply digging along the rivers with ...

Diplomatic sources say the bloc is facing calls to suspend its wide-ranging minerals agreement with Rwanda amid fears it is ...

JOHANNESBURG/ LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Africa's biggest copper producers, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, are ...

The M23 armed group and allied Rwandan forces launched a new offensive on Wednesday in the eastern Democratic Republic of ...

A major offensive by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in east Democratic Republic of Congo appeared to have stalled on Saturday ...