Rubaya, in North Kivu, holds several thousand metric tons of coltan with tantalum concentrations of 20–40%. It accounts for around ⁠15% ⁠of the world’s coltan output, all dug ⁠manually by impoverished ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday accepted Angola's proposal for a ceasefire between the government and the ...

DR Congo has added the rebel-held Rubaya coltan mine to a strategic shortlist shared with the United States, opening the door ...

The United Nations has welcomed signs of progress in talks aimed at reducing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Congo River Alliance (AFC), a rebel coalition group that includes M23 rebels, claimed responsibility on Wednesday for last week’s attack on Kisangani Bangoka International Airport in northeastern ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed M23 rebels said Tuesday they will withdraw from Uvira, the strategic city in eastern Congo seized last week, as fighting in the region escalated despite a ...

(Reuters) - Rwanda-backed M23 rebels said on Monday that they had withdrawn from planned peace talks aimed at resolving a spiralling conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo after the EU imposed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is pictured ahead of a meeting at the German Chancellery in ...

Vivian van de Perre, acting head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO), met with leaders of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group in Goma on Friday to discuss a ceasefire ...

M23 president Bertrand Bisimwa accused the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo of ...