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 ...

Rubaya mines in Congo are rich in coltan, essential for electronics. Armed groups control the mines amid ongoing conflict. M23 rebels profit by taxing coltan trade, exporting it through Rwanda.

RUBAYA, Congo (AP) — Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, at the artisanal Rubaya mining site, hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a key mineral crucial for ...

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 ...

RUBAYA, Congo (AP ... at the Antwerp-based International Peace Information Service. “From eastern DRC, coltan is bought by traders, mostly Lebanese or Chinese, who will sell it to exporters ...

A Queenstown brewery has put New Zealand on the global sake map for the first time. The country’s first and only dedicated sake brewery has taken home gold at the Tokyo Sake Challenge.