Battle for control of DRC fuelled by increasing demand for minerals such as coltan and cobalt, crucial in smartphones and ...

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

An uneasy calm held Sunday on the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern front after regional powers dreading a wider war ...

Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has demanded a ceasefire in Eastern DRC after M23 rebels reported to have taken over most of ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region this week, pushing back against resistance from government troops ...

Rwandan-backed rebels are gaining ground in eastern Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week ...

Goma remains “under occupation” by Congo’s M23 rebels and the ceasefire they announced has been broken as their forces engage ...

"The source of misery for the people of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo lies in the vast natural ... cobalt and other minerals "crucial in the production of laptops and smartphones".