The fall of Rubaya is causing a stir among local residents who fear M23 will use profits from the coltan mines to fund their war against the DRC government. Estimated to hold more than 70 percent ...

The M23 has also imposed salongo (Lingala for forced labour) on the people living in the areas controlled by the group to widen the roads between Rubaya and Kirolirwe, and between Kibumba and ...

The M23 rebels, who control Rubaya, are standing with their weapons in Kibumba, in eastern DRC, on December 23, 2022 Gabbard fires top National Intelligence Council officials China signs deal with ...

For the second time since November 2021 and the resurgence of the M23 rebels, whom Rwanda is accused of supporting, Sake stands as the last bastion before Goma, the provincial capital of Democratic ...

A rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda this week seized Rubaya, a mining town in eastern Congo known for producing a key mineral used in smartphones, the group said Thursday in a statement.

Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan quarry in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) ...

Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have consolidated control over the Rubaya coltan-mining region ... “The criminal laundering of the DRC’s natural resources smuggled out of ...

Deep in the green hills of eastern Congo, the mining site at Rubaya hums with the sound of generators. Thousands work to extract strategic minerals essential for the production of phones ...

Under the deal, the M23 rebels are supposed to withdraw from Sake and nearby Goma, the main city in DRC's volatile, mineral-rich east. The rebels, army mutineers who seized the towns in a lightning ...

A coltan mine operated by Société Minière de Bisunzu (SMB), near Rubaya, eastern Democratic Republic ... in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the guns have fallen silent.

Residents in Rubaya on March 5, 2025 ... said on Monday it was sending a delegation to Angola for peace talks with the DRC government. The talks are scheduled to start on Tuesday in Luanda ...