Congolese women turn to mining for survival after rebel attacks

Maman Soki, a Congolese artisanal miner, internally displaced by the Islamic State-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, poses for a photograph after a Reuters interview at an open-pit mine, in Mangaredjipa near Beni, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo August 31, 2025. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

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MANGAREDJIPA, Congo (Reuters) -Maman Soki is among a small group of Congolese women undertaking heavy mining work for survival after escaping a deadly attack on her village by Islamic State-aligned rebels that killed her daughter and her sister.