Conflict Minerals - A Convenient Myth for DR Congo's M23 War?

Eastern Congo in recent decades has been the setting for a conflict that has caused the highest death toll since World War II. Its last major regional upheaval broke out in 1998 as Congo's then ...

Risk of more armed actors. Eastern Congo in recent decades has been the setting for a conflict that has caused the highest death toll since World War II. Its last major regional upheaval broke out ...

He warned that the “war will take a regional dimension.” With Rwanda and Congo each “drawing a line in the sand,” diplomacy faces a great challenge, said Mutiga with the International ...

The group waged the First Congo War from October 1996 to May 1997 that ended with the overthrow of the DRC’s long-time ruler, Mobutu Sese Seko. Kabila became president. Kagame and Museveni ...

The Second Congo War (1998–2003) was the deadliest conflict since World War II. Despite several peace agreements, the DRC continues to experience political instability, crackdowns on civil liberties, ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma ...