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Battle for Congo's mineral assets
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7747692.stm Digital Planet Alka Marwaha BBC World Service The Democratic Republic of Congo is struggling to recover from a lengthy civil war in which an estimated three million people have died, mostly through ...
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Mining for minerals fuels Congo conflict
Louise Watts LONDON (AP) The conflict in eastern Congo is being fueled and funded by a tussle for mineral resources that end up in cell phones, laptops and other electronics deepening the stakes in a war that sprung out of festering hatreds from the Rwandan genocide ...
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Forced to Flee
NAIROBI, 23 October 2008 (IRIN) Every year, hundreds of thousands of people are forced to flee their homes to escape war or natural disasters. Displaced within their own country and having lost loved ones, livelihoods and belongings, they face terrible hardships ...
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Blood burgers feed Congo conflict
October 16, 2008 12:00am From the Daily Telegraph FOR years, African militias have used proceeds from precious natural resources to fund conflicts a practice dramatised in the 2006 film {}Blood Diamond{}{}. Now, there's a new twist: blood ...
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Concern about rising numbers of people displaced by LRA
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/KKAA7KB2CU?OpenDocument&RSS20= 18P (New York, 10 October 2008): The Lord's Resistance Army appears to have resumed its brutal activities in several countries. The number of those who have fled their homes ...
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DR Congo Announces World's Largest Protected Wetland
Environment News Service 24 jul. 08 09.13h KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 24, 2008 (ENS) The NgiriTumbaMaindombe area in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the world's largest Wetland of International Importance, officially recognized by the Ramsar ...
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Africa's Oldest National Park In Crisis
Source: National Public Radio by Jon Hamilton Weekend Edition Saturday, July 5, 2008 One of the world's great wildlife sanctuaries is literally going up in smoke. The hardwood forests of Virunga National Park in Central Africa are being cut ...
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