Company says M23 rebels looted millions of dollars of gold in Congo

Twangiza Mining said Monday that M23 rebels occupying its gold concession in the Democratic Republic of Congo have looted at least 500 kilogrammes of bullion since May.

The mine is in South Kivu province in the east of the country, where the Rwanda-backed militants staged a lightning offensive earlier this year, seizing swathes of territory.

Describing itself as a Chinese-owned Congo-based company, it told news agency Reuters that the…