U.S. entrepreneurs have set their sights on Rubaya’s coltan as President Trump seeks a peace deal to end the conflict and ...

Here, we’ll be breaking down an in-depth Reuters investigation into the African nation’s mines and looking into why parties ...

M23 insurgents control one of the planet's largest sources of coltan, a mineral prized by high-tech industries. Dislodging ...

Ruto and Mnangagwa, co-chairing a virtual extraordinary joint summit on Wednesday of the East African Community (EAC) and the ...

DAKAR, Senegal — The U.S. government on Tuesday sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit trading in minerals in eastern ...

Under the watchful eye of M23 rebels in the hills around the Congolese town of Rubaya, a line of men in rubber boots ferry ...

The US has sanctioned Congo’s PARECO armed group, mining firms, and Hong Kong exporters over illicit coltan trade, as renewed ...

Rubaya produces around 15% of the world’s coltan, all dug manually by impoverished locals who earn a few dollars per day. Control of this mine is the biggest prize in a long-running conflict in ...

The Congolese mining company sanctioned by the United States this week has said it "categorically rejects" allegations linking it to armed groups and mineral smuggling in the turbulent eastern ...

A senior U.S. government official said the state and treasury departments are sanctioning the CODECO armed group, which controlled the key coltan mining site of Rubaya from 2022 to early 2024.

Rubaya is currently under the control of the M23 rebel group, which is already targeted by US sanctions.

The U.S. is also sanctioning the Congolese mining company CDMC, saying it sold minerals which were sourced and smuggled from mines near Rubaya, and two Hong Kong exporters, East Rise and Star ...