UN Demands Retreat of Rebel Group as Unrest Continues

Bloomberg reported that unrest continues in the DRC, and that rebels have seized control of eastern city of Goma. The UN has demanded that they vacate immediately, and is calling for sanctions against the rebel group.

As quoted in the market report:

Congo is Africa’s largest producer of tin ore, the continent’s second-biggest copper producer after Zambia, and the source of about half the world’s cobalt. It is also an important source of columbite-tantalite, the mineral known as coltan that is used in mobile phones and computers.

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