Rwanda-backed rebels defy Trump peace deal with breakaway state

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are strengthening their grip on eastern Congo despite a Donald Trump peace deal to try to end the ...
Newsday

Congo's coltan miners dig for world's tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge

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 key ...
The National Interest on MSN

Venezuela’s coltan and the quiet fragility of tantalum and niobium

Venezuela shows how optionality in tantalum and niobium—not scale—could reduce US exposure to highly concentrated, ...
KTVZ

Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part

(CNN) — A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a little over a week after it took control of the region’s ...
The Africa Report

Trump, M23’s coltan mine, Starlink, cocaine gatekeepers: 2025 told in 10 infographics

From the consequences of Donald Trump’s return to the White House to the war raging in Sudan, The Africa Report offers a selection of this year’s data journalism to lay out, in infographics, the major ...
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Congo’s coltan miners dig for world’s tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge

RUBAYA, Congo (AP) — 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 ...