Great Lakes & DRC

12+ hour, 48+ min ago   (396+ words) The Rwanda-backed rebels control dozens of artisanal mines in Congo’s eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces, where tens of thousands of miners dig for minerals critical for much of the world’s electronics, including mobile phones. Amnesty International said in…...

22+ hour, 50+ min ago   (219+ words) The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group is smuggling key raw materials including coltan and gold out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, human rights organization Amnesty International said in a report on Monday. "Rwanda has continued to illegally profit from DRC's mineral…...

12+ hour ago   (298+ words) We’ve seen a lot of things that we can’t forget. The fact we must stay in the mine shaft against our will, the fact our bosses beat us, they beat people and they end up in the hospital. When I…...

12+ hour, 48+ min ago   (403+ words) Published Sep 21, 2026 6:04 am The Rwanda-backed rebels control dozens of artisanal mines in Congo’s eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces, where tens of thousands of miners dig for minerals critical for much of the world’s electronics, including mobile phones. Amnesty…...

15+ hour, 45+ min ago   (79+ words) Congo-Rebels-Crimes GazetteXtra FILE - M23 rebels stand with their weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022. Janesville School District announces Superintendent Holzman's retirement, will swiftly announce replacement Rock County court revives cocaine-by-mail case after dismissing it a…...

11+ hour, 12+ min ago   (402+ words) Amnesty International said on Monday the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was carrying out torture, arbitrary detention and other serious human rights abuses against artisanal miners in the eastern DR Congo. Since resurfacing in late 2021, M23 fighters have seized large parts of the…...

11+ hour, 45+ min ago   (430+ words) Dakar — Amnesty International accused M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of carrying out abuses and unlawful killings of miners while trafficking critical minerals to neighbouring Rwanda, in what it said could amount to war crimes. The Rwanda-backed…...

13+ hour, 38+ min ago   (151+ words) Congo-Rebels-Crimes Goshen News FILE - M23 rebels stand with their weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022. Amnesty accuses M23 of abuses amounting to war crimes at Congo mines Amnesty International has accused M23 rebels in eastern Congo of…...

13+ hour, 17+ min ago   (299+ words) Amnesty International reports documenting 18 executions of artisanal miners, as well as instances of torture, forced labor, and mineral trafficking in areas controlled by the M23. Eighteen artisanal miners were killed in Rubaya and Lomera in abuses attributed to the M23 by Amnesty…...

21+ hour, 45+ min ago   (220+ words) The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group is smuggling key raw materials including coltan and gold out of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Amnesty International says. The human rights organisation released a report into the rebel group on Monday. "Rwanda has continued to…...