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 ...

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

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

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 Trump Administration has just sanctioned four groups connected to the critical minerals trade in eastern DR Congo — as ...

The sanctions target PARECO-FF, a militia accused of forced labor and civilian killings, as well as Congolese mining firm CDMC and two Hong Kong-based exporters, East Rise Corporation and Star Dragon ...

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

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

FF, CDMC, East Rise and Star Dragon over conflict coltan in eastern Congo on 12 August 2025. • CDMC is accused of buying minerals extracted under armed control and selling them to Hong Kong traders ...

Rubaya produces around 15% of the world’s coltan, all dug manually by impoverished locals who earn a few dollars per day. The ...

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

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on a Congo militia group, a mining company, and two Hong Kong exporters to curb armed conflict ...