Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Refugees flee eastern Congo into Burundi as fighting rages in South Kivu (Reuters) -Gold miner Twangiza Mining SA has ...

Under the watchful eye of M23 rebels in the hills around the Congolese town of Rubaya, a line of men in rubber boots ferry sacks full of crushed rocks up winding paths cut into the slopes. The ...

Rebels looted 500 kg of gold from Congo's Twangiza Mining since May Miner to petition international arbitration bodies M23 rebels seized the mine in May DAKAR, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Rebels occupying ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda this week seized Rubaya, a mining town in eastern Congo known for producing a key mineral used in smartphones, the group said Thursday ...

The ore – from which tantalum is made – is used to manufacture the capacitors used in most smartphones and computers. The armed group has thus taken over a site as strategic as it is profitable. Since ...

GOMA (Reuters) -The M23 armed group on Thursday denied accusations that its fighters had looted at least 500 kilograms of bullion from Twangiza Mining's gold concession in eastern Democratic Republic ...

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In May 2024, M23 seized the town and took control of it mines. According to a U.N. report, since seizing Rubaya, the rebels have imposed taxes on the trade and transport of coltan, generating at least ...

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