The U.S. also sanctioned the Coalition des Patriotes Resistants Congolais-Forces de Frappe (PARECO-FF) - an armed group ...

Under the watchful eye of M23 rebels in the hills around the Congolese town of Rubaya, a line of men in rubber boots ferry sacks full of crushed rocks up winding paths cut into the slopes.A miner ...

A total of 22,000 cases registered in province in 2023; in first five months of 2024, figure had already reached 17,000.

Leaders from the East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) have called for the Washington and Doha peace initiatives to be merged with African-led mediation, as ...

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

Several of the governments backing Trump's nomination are led by authoritarian figures, military juntas, or leaders facing international arrest warrants.

According to the latest UN data, as of the end of July, two million people have been forced from their homes in the provinces of North and South Kivu in eastern Congo since the beginning of the year ...

M23 insurgents control one of the planet's largest sources of coltan, a mineral prized by high-tech industries. Dislodging ...

FF, CDMC, East Rise and Star Dragon over conflict coltan in eastern Congo on 12 August 2025. • CDMC is accused of buying minerals extracted under armed control and selling them to Hong Kong traders ...

The Trump administration sanctioned four entities over their role in the critical minerals trade in eastern DR Congo as it ...

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

Congo's army on Tuesday accused Rwanda-backed rebels of carrying out multiple attacks in eastern Congo which it said violated ...