Your phone, a rare metal and the war in DR Congo
There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the ...
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The Rwandan Genocide Echoes in DR Congo Strife
(Map via Joe Schueller ... M23 took control of the Congolese mining town of Rubaya—and its large coltan mine—in the DRC’s North Kivu province, which borders Rwanda and Uganda, gaining ...
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Your phone, a rare metal and the war in DR Congo
Nevertheless, the group has managed to continue exporting coltan. The UN experts map a circuitous route showing ... like what's happening in eastern DRC, where a persecuted community is fighting ...
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The catastrophic conflict looming in the heart of Africa
Rwanda claims that Hutu extremists who helped kill hundreds of thousands of Tutsis in the 1994 genocide are still sheltering in eastern Congo; the DRC accuses Rwanda of orchestrating the offensive to ...
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DRC‑Rwanda: Rubaya coltan mine at the heart of M23 financing
In April 2024, Rwandan-backed armed group M23 seized one of the world’s most productive coltan concessions ... by the United Nations Group of Experts on the situation in eastern DRC, published 7 ...
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As the DRC battles Rwanda-backed M23, what’s needed to stop the fighting?
Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.