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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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Rwanda - Genocide Rebels Are Well Financed in Congo
Source: AllAfrica/Rwanda News Agency/Agence Rwandaise d'Information (Kigali) 22 February 2008 Posted to the web 22 February 2008 Kigali FDLRFOCA rebels have become wellentrenched in the South and North Kivu provinces of eastern DR Congo ...
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ZIMBABWE - Mining between a rock and a hard place
JOHANNESBURG, 30 June 2008 (IRIN) International condemnation of Robert Mugabe's controversial reelection as president of Zimbabwe has now turned to criticism of foreign businesses operating in the country, which are seen as helping to prop up the regime. Despite the meltdown of the economy ...
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SOUTH AFRICA - Paying the price for mining
URL: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=76780 WONDERFONTEINSPRUIT , 15 February 2008 (IRIN) One legacy of South Africa's extensive mineral deposits is the infrastructure and wealth of the country. But another more troubling legacy is emerging as an increasingly urgent problem ...
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Sierra Leone, More Revelations On 'Blood Diamonds'
Concord Times (Freetown) 4 January 2008 Posted to the web 4 January 2008 Tanu Jalloh Freetown The Sunday Times has revealed how an energy company became embroiled in the "blood diamond" scandals of the 1990s in Sierra Leone ...
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Rwanda - Government Targeting $60 Million From Minerals for 2007
Rwanda News Agency/Agence Rwandaise d'Information (Kigali) 19 November 2007 Posted to the web 19 November 2007 Kigali http://allafrica.com/stories/200711190450.html Rwanda estimates that by the end of this year, it will have garnered some 60 million dollars from ...
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