The move underscores growing scrutiny of the conflict mineral trade fuelling violence in eastern DR Congo.
DRC and M23 rebels eye peace monitoring agreement in SwitzerlandThe latest negotiations come as clashes spill into the South Kivu highlands, with civilians ‘caught in the middle’.
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