Tin is used to solder metal components, and tungsten in the parts that make phones vibrate, said CNBC. The metals, along with coltan, are considered conflict minerals because of their potential origin ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing ...

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

The DRC produces 70% of the world’s cobalt, yet nearly $1 billion vanishes from the legal supply chain each year.

Rwandan-backed armed group M23 seized one of the world’s most productive coltan concessions, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, a UN report estimates that 120 tonnes of the precious ...

A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...

The metals, along with coltan, are considered conflict minerals because of their potential origin in the war-torn region. Mining them can "help fund armed conflict". Coltan mining in the DRC has ...

Soundtrack to a Coup d’État is a phenomenal film—brilliantly crafted. Johan Grimonprez unearths truths about the overthrow of ...

It comes less than a year after the rebels seized Rubaya, a mining hub also in the country’s east, which harbors one of the world’s largest deposits of coltan, a valuable mineral used in the ...

The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.

The city, bordering Rwanda, is a regional centre for the mining business Over the past year, the M23 has made rapid advances across the mineral-rich east of DR Congo, taking areas where coltan ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have captured Nyabibwe in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, escalating tensions despite a ...