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

In early 2025, fighting between Congolese security forces and militant groups led by M23 escalated rapidly, culminating in M23’s capture of Goma, the regional hub of the Eastern Democratic ...

Rwandan company Boss Mining Solution bought minerals smuggled from rebel-held areas of neighboring Congo, helping fund an ...

Rwanda has exercised command and control over M23 rebels during their advance in eastern Congo, gaining political influence ...

What is needed in the DRC is state-building, which the agreement does not address. If its dismal misadventures in Iraq, ...

Ongoing violence in Ituri province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could be at an end following a six-group agreement signed this week (1 July), the United Nations (UN) mission in the ...

Rwandan company Boss Mining Solution accused of buying smuggled minerals from Congolese rebels, fuelling insurgency.

When MONUSCO's helicopter landed in Goma, emotions ran high. For Bintou Keita, Head of the United Nations Mission in the DRC, this return to a city deeply affected by conflict carried strong symbolic ...

Congo's government and Rwanda-backed rebels said on Thursday they would send delegations back to Qatar for peace talks, as ...