CIVICUS speaks with Claude Iguma, a mining governance expert with a PhD in Social Sciences, who is based in Bukavu, South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).On 27 June, the ...

The AFC/M23 rebel movement has accused Congolese government forces of killing four of its compatriots in what it described as a demonstration of "warlike intentions," despite ongoing peace efforts ...

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 ...

Anselme Hamundwate, 23, right, and Mumbere Hamundwate, 25, work in a field in Katwa. After months of fighting in Lubero ...

For months, the capital of Tanganyika, a province bordering South Kivu, feared the arrival of M23 rebels and their Rwandan ...

A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in ...

NEW YORK, July 2 (Reuters) - Rwanda has exercised command and control over M23 rebels during their advance in eastern Congo, gaining political influence and access to mineral-rich territory, according ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Rwanda has exercised command and control over M23 rebels during their advance in eastern Congo, gaining political influence and access to mineral-rich territory, according to a ...

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) -Rwanda has exercised command and control over M23 rebels during their advance in eastern Congo, gaining political influence and access to mineral-rich ...