The United States has sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as ...

The US has sanctioned Congo’s PARECO armed group, mining firms, and Hong Kong exporters over illicit coltan trade, as renewed ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit trading in minerals in ...

The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions against an armed group aligned with Congo's military as well as a Congolese ...

M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control which is vital to the production of the world's mobile phones - and over its ...

The region and its mineral wealth are in the spotlight as M23 and the DRC have pledged to sign a peace deal at a ceremony in ...

The Congolese mining company sanctioned by the United States this week has said it "categorically rejects" allegations linking it to armed groups and mineral smuggling in turbulent eastern Democratic ...

Here, we’ll be breaking down an in-depth Reuters investigation into the African nation’s mines and looking into why parties ...

Rubaya produces around 15% of the world’s coltan, all dug manually by impoverished locals who earn a few dollars per day. The area was seized in April 2024 by M23, a rebel group the United ...

M23 rebels stand with their weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022. M23, a rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda, has seized Rubaya, a mining town in ...

RUBAYA, Congo — Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, as hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a ...