M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control which is vital to the production of the world's mobile phones - and over its ...

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At the beginning of the month, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) formalised a new government alliance for the parallel government under RSF control. The announcement, that named RSF ...

Learn about sources of continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the United Nations, African Union, and neighboring countries are struggling to curtail it.