The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo’s escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo’s ...
The Rwanda Defense Force reported escorting hundreds of "Romanian mercenaries" out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
There is a lack of transparency of the mining operations and... a lack of transparency of the geological information,” Jean Pierre Okenda, a Congo-based rights lawyer specialised in extractive ...
The international community is talking tough on Rwanda’s involvement on the M23 rebellion in eastern DRC. But analysts say ...
M23's capture of mineral-rich areas in Congo is boosting its illegal mining revenues, fueling fears of a regional conflict spillover. Despite Rwanda's denial of involvement, the illegal mineral trade ...
Merely absorbing armed groups into a reserve force does little to address the underlying causes of the eastern DRC crisis.
Rwanda's government, led by President Paul Kagame, has been accused by the DRC and various international organizations of ...
The Democratic Republic of Congo is planning a strategic response to reclaim territories that have been taken over by the M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda. President Felix Tshisekedi announced measures to ...