The M23 has waged a lightning push over the last few months in the mineral-rich eastern DRC, driving the Congolese army out of much of North and South Kivu provinces and raising fears of a wider ...

Taking Walikale gives the rebels control of a road linking four provinces in eastern Congo — North Kivu, South Kivu, Tshopo and Maniema — and effectively cutting off Congolese army positions. Dow ...

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The M23 rebels took control of the North Kivu mining town a day after Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame called for an ‘immediate and unconditional’ ceasefire. Here is a map and breakdown of the M23’s ...

In February, it captured Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province. The offensive had already caused the mining group Alphamin earlier this month to evacuate its employees and halt operations at ...

“I have a field, but I cannot cultivate it without tools and without seeds.” The rebels took over Bukavu – South Kivu’s capital and a city of around one million people – three weeks after capturing ...

The roadmap, seen by AFP, foresees a permanent ceasefire being declared in the coming four months, with the support of UN peacekeepers in the eastern provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu.

Alphamin exported 27,000 tons of tin concentrate in 2024 and the unofficial sector 16,000 tons, of which 3,300 tons came from North and South Kivu, according to the Congo ministry of mines.

United Nations peacekeepers leaving Goma and heading towards Bukavu pass through the town of Sake, northwest of Goma, in eastern Congo Friday, May 28, 2021 Trump Expels Hundreds Under Enemies Act ...

SOON after the occupation of Egypt by a British military force in 1882, the late Prof. Huxley, then president of the Royal Society, directed attention to the valuable opportunity that was afforded ...