Over 2,000 bodies require burial in Goma after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took over the Democratic Republic of Congo city last ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took the Congolese trading hub of Goma last week, leaving thousands dead and wounded and raising ...

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...

The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.

An insurgency led by M23 rebels in eastern Congo has escalated and reached the city of Goma, worsening a humanitarian crisis ...

There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the ...

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

A major offensive by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in east Democratic Republic of Congo appeared to have stalled on Saturday ...

the armed groups want to occupy the whole of eastern Congo because of its land, its gold mines and, above all, its cobalt mines. Gold nuggets can be found by simply digging along the rivers with ...

The hunt for tech-industry minerals in eastern Congo harks from a different age to the products they will become. Filthy ...

The violence in eastern Congo has escalated. Near Goma in North Kivu, 13 peacekeepers have been killed by M23 rebels, while ...

Congo is the world's top producer of tantalum ... and mobile phones - is also under threat. "Lumbishi and its gold mines are likely to prove a significant source of revenue for M23, in part ...