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Rebels Are Continuing Their March in Eastern Congo - What Is Their Long-Term Goal? [analysis]
In late January, a rebel group that has long caused mayhem in the sprawling African nation of Democratic Republic of Congo took control of Goma, a major city of about 2 million people on the border ...
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The Role Of Minerals And Tech Firms In The DR Congo Conflict
DRC and Rwanda together supply around half the world's coltan, the metallic ore that is vital in making phones and laptops.
The Rwandan Genocide Echoes in DR Congo Strife
Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.
Your phone, a rare metal and the war in DR Congo
There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the ...
Amsterdam News1d
D.R. Congo is being bathed in blood
The United Nations has 14,000 of its blue helmet soldiers in the Kivu region, and this past December, 14 blue helmets were killed. The countries that make up the Southern African Development Community ...
Nearly 3,000 people killed after rebels seize key city in DR Congo, UN says
Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...
The Africa Report1d
DRC‑Rwanda: Rubaya coltan mine at the heart of M23 financing
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 ...
BBC on MSN9d
What's the fighting in DR Congo all about?
DR Congo and multiple UN reports have accused Rwanda of using the conflict as a way of looting Congolese minerals, such as ...