A rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda this week seized Rubaya, a mining town in eastern Congo known for producing a key ...

The town of Rubaya holds deposits of tantalum, which is extracted from coltan, a key component in the production of ...

M23 rebels have bombed a village in DR Congo's South Kivu province killing seven people and wounding six more, local ...

M23 (March 23 movement) rebels have captured the mining town Rubaya in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after violent fighting with government forces, local sources said Wednesday.

M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have taken control of Rubaya, a key mining town for the smartphone mineral coltan, following days of intense fighting, a rebel spokesman said.

M23 rebels have seized an African town crucial to the supply of minerals for smartphones. Rubaya, a key mining town for coltan in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. has been taken over ...

A rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda this week seized Rubaya, a mining town in eastern Congo known for producing ... a spokesperson for the M23 rebel group said the town was "liberated." ...

Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile A rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda this week seized Rubaya, a mining town in eastern Congo known for producing a ...

There’s been an upsurge in fighting in recent months between M23 rebels and Congo army forces, and it comes as the United Nations plans to withdraw peacekeepers from the region by the end of the ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A rebel group with alleged links ... In a statement shared with The Associated Press, a spokesperson for the M23 rebel group said the town was “liberated.” ...