Your phone, a rare metal and the war in DR Congo
There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the ...
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The role of minerals and tech firms in the DR Congo conflict
The conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the DR Congo is often presented as a struggle to control the valuable minerals ...
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What's the fighting in DR Congo all about?
The mineral ... Africa's World Wars, resulted in the deaths of millions of people. After a rapid advance in the region, ...
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Rwandan-backed M23 advance into DR Congo threatens regional war
The M23 militia, supported by 4,000 Rwandan troops, having seized Goma—the largest city in the mineral-rich northeastern ... The looming threat of a Third Congo War—following the two ...
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DR Congo conflict ‘risks broader regional war’
The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi’s president ... is the latest to scar the mineral-rich region, which has seen ...
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Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
It is also a swift expansion of the alliance’s foothold across swathes of eastern DR Congo – where rare minerals crucial ... border as fear of a blown-out war grows. In a statement Monday ...
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South African, Rwandan leaders in war of words over DR Congo
South Africa has troops deployed in the war-torn Democratic Republic of ... to also cease all support immediately,” he said. Mineral-rich eastern Congo, which borders Rwanda, has been plagued ...