RONALD MUSOKE | All actors in the supply chain of illicit mineral exports, from operators of the mines to end product users, ...

insurgents started seizing strategic cities in Eastern DRC, including the city of Goma. Operations at the company's Bisie tin mine had continued uninterrupted until the end of February.

Global Witness says a European Union-based commodities trader, Traxys, has been the importing company of the conflict coltan from the DRC via Rwanda. It says it seems that the EU has not been able ...