M23 fighters have been accused of abusing miners at mining sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Amnesty International said Monday.

Amnesty International has accused M23 rebels in eastern Congo of abuses and unlawful killings of miners while trafficking minerals to Rwanda, in what it said could amount to war crimes.

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 ...

The plunder by M23 and Rwanda of DRC's gold and coltan may amount to war crime of pillage M23's multiple violations that also ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alain Libondo (17) left, and Nsinku Zihindula (25), hammering at solid rock to find cassiterite and coltan at Szibira, South Kivu.

, REUTERS -Rwandan company Boss Mining Solution bought minerals smuggled from rebel-held areas of neighboring Congo, helping fund an insurgency in that vast African country, according to a ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A landslide at a coltan mine in eastern Congo has reportedly resulted in the deaths of at least 200 people. The incident occurred at a site controlled by rebels, where miners ...

A landslide caused by heavy rain collapsed artisanal coltan mines in eastern Congo, killing more than 200 people. The mines, ...

RUBAYA, Congo — Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, as hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a key ...

MEDELLIN, Colombia — Authorities in southern Colombia pulled over a cargo truck looking for drugs in early August. But instead of finding a pile of cocaine bricks, the truck was loaded with a sandy, ...