The DR-Congo's New Blood Mineral

Publisher:
Agence France Presse
Publication Date:
5 June 2013
Tags:
Congo-Kinshasa, Environment

The Democratic Republic of Congo possesses vast quantities of minerals such as gold, diamonds and coltan, but the work of extracting them is hard and dangerous. The battle for control of the DRC's natural resources has been at the heart of the conflicts which have ravaged the country in recent years, with fraud and corruption meaning that the majority of mineral exports are beyond government control.

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