The M23, which controls the coltan-rich area, has not commented and the death toll is hard to verify.

The route between Rubaya in eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu Province and Rwanda which is alleged to be used to supply coltan minerals to tech giant Apple does not exist and cannot supply the global ...

You may not have heard of coltan, but it’s a key raw mineral whose components are found in everyday technologies from smartphones to laptops as well as advanced medical equipment. However, the supply ...