DR Congo

But according to the DRC officials, all the mines in the country have been snatched up by various companies and entities, mostly foreign firms, with majority having roots in China.

During the meeting ​with Tshisekedi however, Johan Borgstam made clear the European Union’s position that the EU was advocating for peaceful negotiation to end the war in Congo.

The coalition between the Congo River Alliance (AFC) and the March 23 who have seized the entire eastern region of DRC, are establishing their own administration with some government entities now resuming services.

As far as Kabila is concerned, restoration of peace and stability does not require a military approach against M23 rebels who are fighting for their deserved rights being bonafide Congolese citizens.

The A3 trio are thus calling upon the fighting groups to lay down arms and resort to roundtable negotiations in order to create the necessary space for a conveyed political solution.

Joseph Kabila who has been forced out of the country by his successor and former ally, President Félix Tshisekedi, will finally start speaking out on the ongoing situation in the DRC and declare his own stand.

The United Nations' Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, doubts that the joint Alliance Fleuve du Congo and the M23 rebels’ advancement will go as far as the capital Kinshasa.

Sanctions have been slammed onto Rwanda’s Minister of State for Regional Integration, James Kabarebe, and the March 23 movement and the Congo River Alliance spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka Kingston.

The Alliance Fleuve du Congo (AFC) and March 23 rebel-coalition leader, Corneille Nangaa says he considers Félix Tshisekedi an illegitimate president who has turned the DR Congo into a dictatorship.

The rebels have already taken control of North Kivu and South Kivu from where they are now advancing further into the inner parts of the country, precisely the Great Katanga region.