DR Congo launches drone strikes on M23 at key coltan mine

DR Congo government forces launched a major attack on the M23 rebel group in the east, using drones to strike a key mining site near Rubaya, North Kivu.

The Rubaya mine, captured by M23 with Rwanda’s support in April 2024, produces up to 30 percent of the world’s coltan, a mineral vital for electronics like laptops and smartphones.

Since its resurgence in 2021, M23 has seized large swaths of the DRC’s resource-rich east, fueling…