DRC: Why Washington Is Chasing the Money behind M23 Rebels

Jun 29, 2026 | Ronald Musoke
Independent
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For years, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s wars have been fought with rifles, rockets and militias. Increasingly, however, Washington believes the conflict is being sustained somewhere else entirely; in gold refineries, mining companies, financial networks and the opaque global supply chains that transform minerals extracted from rebel-held territory into international commerce.