The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo is yet another battle over minerals
by editors@theworld.org (Carol Hills ) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6W2MT)
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a vast country in Africa with rich mineral deposits that have been fought over for decades. In recent months, the rebel group M23 has expanded its control in the eastern part of the DRC where those rare earth minerals are located and the crisis has come to a head. Marco Werman teases out the origins of the conflict and what's at stake.