Black Gold In The Congo - Threat To Stability Or Development Opportunity?
- Publisher:
- International Crisis Group
- Publication Date:
- 11 July 2012
- Tags:
- Congo-Kinshasa, Petroleum, Conflict, Peace and Security, Sustainable Development
The report examines how oil exploration could revive the dynamics of conflict by exacerbating resentment among an extremely poor and neglected population, redrawing the geopolitical map of the country and fueling greed in the most sensitive areas where armed groups have been involved in the illegal exploitation of natural resources for years.
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