The DRC seeks to offer key minerals to the U.S., but rebel forces and China largely control access to these vital rare earth resources, which are said to be worth trillions of dollars.

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Mine shafts snake under the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's mountains, but instead of the Congolese government their ...

When the Banyene family were sent back to their home in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, all that had survived the ...

The war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border with Rwanda, has caused at least six million deaths in ...

The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.

Of particular interest to the U.S., Congo produces significant amounts of 3T minerals — tin, tungsten, and tantalum — minerals used in virtually all consumer electronics. The growing war in ...

PARIS, Feb 27 (Reuters) - French prosecutors have closed a case filed by Democratic Republic of Congo accusing Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab subsidiaries of using conflict minerals in its supply ...

Rwanda has said international sanctions will reduce the likelihood of peace with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ... large swaths of the mineral-rich eastern DRC, including ...

Bukavu (DR Congo ... the mineral-rich region since taking up arms again in late 2021. It is the latest outbreak of violence in an area that has seen some three decades of unrest and war, claiming ...

The wounded troops were part of a mission sent by the 16-nation Southern African Development Community bloc in 2023 to help Kinshasa quell unrest in the mineral ... January, DR Congo's Prime ...