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.

By taking control of Rubaya in North Kivu, the M23 now has its hands on one of the richest coltan deposits in the world, whose production is estimated to account for 15% of the world’s supply and half ...

RUBAYA, Congo — Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, as hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a ...

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 ...

M23, a rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda, has seized Rubaya, a mining town in eastern Congo known for producing a key mineral used in smartphones, the group said Thursday, May 2, 2024, in a ...

Rebels in eastern DRC have consolidated control over the Rubaya coltan-mining region, imposing a production tax. Copper $ 5.6045 / lb 1.94% Brent Crude Oil $ 69.28 / bbl -0.40% ...

Bahati Moïse is a trader who resells the coltan that leaves Rubaya’s mines. He said he just hopes that mine workers can be valued as much as the minerals they work so hard to extract.

For M23, Rubaya is their land, their homeland in DR Congo. It makes one wonder why so many Western commentators and politicians insist M23 must leave their own ancestral territory.

Families flee fighting between the Congolese army and M23 rebels in the town of Sake, DRC 1 Shops closed in Sake a day after M23 rebels took control of the town following overnight battles with ...

RUBAYA, DR Congo, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Lying at the heart of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rubaya stands as a striking paradox. This bustling mining town, home to hundreds of ...

The M23 armed group, which has seized control of swathes of the eastern DRC, said on Monday it was sending a delegation to Angola for peace talks with the DRC government.