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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 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 Qatar’s capital, Doha, this month. The United States is mediating parallel ...
The sanctions are the latest measures taken by the administration of US President Donald Trump to try to bring peace to ...
The US has sanctioned Congo’s PARECO armed group, mining firms, and Hong Kong exporters over illicit coltan trade, as renewed ...
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Congolese citizens deserve better from the UN

The allegations of a massacre of Hutu farmers stem from a joint report released last week by the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ...
A joint communiqué issued at the end of the virtual meeting announced the appointment of former Botswana President Dr ...
At first glance, Bayern Munich's decision to end its commercial deal with Rwanda appears a rare moment of football morality.
Kenyan President William Ruto and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa have announced a decision to merge two initiatives to advance peace efforts in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced plans to issue funding opportunities totalling nearly $1bn to enhance the mining, processing, and manufacturing technologies essential for the critical ...
The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions against an armed group aligned with Congo's military as well as a Congolese ...