The DR Congo’s decision to suspend exports would probably mean ... including prohibiting the mixing of cobalt produced by ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has announced a four-month suspension of cobalt exports to regulate supply ...

This accusation revives long-standing concerns about foreign interference in DR Congo's vast mining sector. South African companies have significant stakes in the country's cobalt, copper ...

It is also mined in Rwanda, Brazil and Nigeria but at least 40% - and maybe more – of the element's global supply comes from DR Congo and some of the key mining areas are now under the control ...

The Central African Copper Bonanza by Timo Särkkä analyses the Western colonial origins of the mining industry and its post-colonial legacies in the Central African Copperbelt in the Democratic ...

In recent months, the Rwanda-backed rebels have seized swathes of land in the mineral-rich region of the Eastern DR Congo.

The human cost of the conflict became painfully clear as it was revealed that fourteen South African soldiers died in combat ...

On 27 January the M23, a militia based in the east of DR Congo (DRC) and backed by the Rwandan army, seized control of Goma, ...

They accuse Rwanda of supporting an armed group, M23, that resurfaced in eastern DRC in 2021 and controls many of the region's mines ... Tutsi minority in Congo. "They are trying to dismantle ...

Countries bordering the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo sought to shore up defences on Wednesday as violence spreads ...

Workers at a coltan mine near Rubaya in eastern DRC ... ANGELA WEISS The conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the DR Congo is often presented as a struggle to control the valuable minerals ...

The DR Congo health ministry said on Saturday there ... home to lucrative gold, coltan and tin mines. The latest escalation has worsened a long-standing humanitarian crisis that has driven ...