East DR Congo mines mint Rwanda-backed M23’s fortune
The crown jewel in the M23’s territorial expansion is the DRC’s largest coltan mine from which the group generates around $800,000 in revenue each month, according to UN experts.
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DR Congo PM says ‘more than 7,000 Dead’ in War-Torn East
DR Congo’s prime minister said Monday that “more than 7,000” people have been killed in the east of the country since January, when the Rwanda-backed M23 group seized two major cities.
M23, Rwanda Troops Launch Fresh East DR Congo Offensive
Just days after capturing the strategic city of Goma in neighbouring North Kivu, the M23 armed group had declared a unilateral humanitarian “ceasefire” to take effect from Tuesday.
Allied Democratic Forces rebels kill 14 civilians in Eastern DR Congo
DF fighters attacked the settlement of Mamove Saturday morning, killing six women and three men, wounding two other people and torching two houses, said local civil society leader Kinos Katuo.
Private military contractors bolster Russian influence in Africa
Their deployment to African countries aims to “enable Russia to… regain this sphere of influence” that fell away with the collapse of the Soviet Union,
At least 40 civilians killed in DR Congo machete attack
“I have counted 53 bodies, others are coming in, they are all being gathered here where I am”
