It patrols a landscape that feels far from the authority of Congo's government, with its dirt roads churned into slippery mud in pounding rains and residents long accustomed to feeling that ...

Gentry Beach is reportedly negotiating for control of the Rubaya coltan mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Over the past year, the M23 has made rapid advances across the mineral-rich east of DR Congo, taking areas where coltan – the ore from which tantalum is extracted – is mined.

Guest Column - The U.S.-led push for a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda might include a minerals-for-defense cooperation deal that could reshape the ...

The security landscape in DR Congo is vastly different to Ukraine’s, as in addition to direct conflict with the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, there are more than 140 armed groups active in the east ...