DRC: The Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth
Please take your time and read the articles below. They may help you understand the root causes of the current wars in the Great Lake Region of Africa in general and in Democratic Republic of Congo (Ex-Zaire) in particular.
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Economic Exploitation, the Arms Trade and Human Rights Abuses
http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/dr_congo/economic_exploitation.html
Inside Africa’s PlayStation War
towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/1352/1/
UN report on illegal resource exploitation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
http://www.afrol.com/Countries/DRC/documents/un_resources_2002_intro.htm
UN Security Council: Letter dated on January 25, 2007 from the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo addressed to the President of the Security Council
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/congo/2006/1127experts.pdf
The Democratic Republic of Congo: Described by some as Africa’s first World War, the conflict in the DRC (formerly known as Zaire) has involved seven nations.
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Africa/DRC.asp
Letter dated April12, 2001 from the Secretary-General to the President of the Security Council
http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/drcongo.htm
Unanswered Questions: Companies, Conflict, and the Democratic Republic of Congo
http://www.raid-uk.org/docs/UN_Panel_DRC/Unanswered_Questions_Full.pdf
Blood Minerals' in the Kivu Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
http://www.raceandhistory.com/historicalviews/2007/2106.html
In Search of Congo's Coltan
http://www.pulitzercenter.org/openitem.cfm?id=529
Related Materials:
Massacres of Hutu Refugees in DR Congo
http://www.rwasta.net/view/article/massacre-des-refugies-au-rd-congo/index.html
Massacres of Mugunga Refugee Camp in DR Congo
http://www.rwasta.net/view/article/massacres-de-mugunga/index.html
Massacres of Kibeho Internally Displaced Refugee Camp in Rwanda (Video)
http://www.rwasta.net/view/article/video-massacres-de-kibeho-au-rwanda-le-22-04-1995/index.html
Source:
Rwanda Still Alive
(Rwasta.net)
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