Congo-Kinshasa: Companies Protect Profits Over People as Fighting Escalates in Eastern DRC

29 November 2012
press release

Legal action by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce threatens to protect business practices that are fuelling bloodshed in Africa.

Global Witness today condemned recent legal action by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (the Chamber), National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the Business Roundtable to derail a law which seeks to curb violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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