Photo taken on May 7, 2025 shows miners at work at a coltan mining site in the town of Rubaya, the Democratic Republic of the ...

In the mist-veiled highlands of Masisi territory, a silent war for control over one of the world's most strategic minerals is ...

M23 rebels seized Sake after intense fighting, forcing nearly all 130,000 residents to flee their homes and farms.

In the war-scarred hills of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the town of Sake bears the jagged outlines of ...

Since April 2024, the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group has maintained control over Rubaya’s lucrative coltan mining sites.

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, ...

Rubaya lies in the heart of eastern Congo, a mineral-rich part of the Central African nation which for decades has been ...

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo ... based International Peace Information Service. “From eastern DRC, coltan is bought by traders, mostly Lebanese or Chinese, who ...

In the war-scarred hills of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the town of Sake bears the jagged outlines of conflict and endurance.