Since April 2024, the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group has maintained control over Rubaya’s lucrative coltan mining sites.

SANDF soldiers have been deployed in Goma for over 15 months for peacekeeping efforts amid ongoing conflict between the DRC’s ...

In the mist-veiled highlands of Masisi territory, a silent war for control over one of the world's most strategic minerals is ...

Congolese minerals such as tungsten, tantalum and tin, which Kinshasa has long accused neighbouring Rwanda of illegally exploiting, could be exported legitimately to Rwanda for processing under the ...

Photo taken on May 7, 2025 shows miners at work at a coltan mining site in the town of Rubaya, the Democratic Republic of the ...

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, ...

Once a quiet transit hub just 27 kilometers west of Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province, Sake has become both a symbol ...

Matata Ponyo was convicted in a case involving the embezzlement of $245 million and was sentenced to 10 years forced labour.

Augustin Matata Ponyo was found guilty of embezzling about $245m (£182m) of public funds by the Congolese Constitutional ...

Since January 2025, more than 71,000 people fleeing ongoing violence in the eastern part of the DR Congo have crossed into ...

Mist and metal -- coltan grab in eastern DR Congo ...