In 2022, the DRC was the world’s largest cobalt miner with a production of 130,000 tons, or nearly 68%t of the world’s cobalt.

The DRC was the fourth largest producer of industrial diamonds in 2022 with a production of 4.3 million carats

The March 23 Movement (French: Mouvement du 23 mars), often abbreviated as M23 and also known as the Congolese Revolutionary Army (Armée révolutionnaire du Congo), is a Congolese Tutsi-led rebel military group.