Rubaya produces around 15% of the world’s coltan, all dug manually by impoverished locals who earn a few dollars per ...

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

STORY: In a small refrigerator at the Kivu Diabetes Centre in Bukavu, eastern Congo,Dr. Albert Kalehezo carefully guards his ...

The U.N. says sexual violence in conflicts worldwide increased by 25% last year, with the highest number of cases in the ...

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 ...

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

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 Trump Administration has just sanctioned four groups connected to the critical minerals trade in eastern DR Congo — as ...

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