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Anvil mining and the Kilwa massacre - Patricia Feeney

(Read the full article here or download it below) - By Patricia Feeney, Executive Director of Rights and Accountability in Development - Seven years ago, Congolese soldiers attacked Kilwa – looting, murdering and raping their way through the remote town in central Katanga. At the end of the raid, over 70 people had been killed and many more raped and injured by the troops. It was a barbaric attack – one of many in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the last decade.

Are credible polls possible in DRC?

Still no detailed plan for security or polling stations

Attempted murder of DRC healer and hero

Gunmen target Dr Mukwege, founder of Panzi hospital

Battle over DRC's electoral commission

Let’s start with the good news – the lower chamber of the DRC parliament has finally begun discussing a bill to reform the national electoral commission (CENI), which played such a pivotal role in the shameful presidential and parliamentary elections of November 2011.

Belgium urged to help DRC villagers

No compensation after mine destroyed 500 homes

Big step for justice, small step for peace

The International Criminal Court has taken into custody war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda, who was wanted by the ICC on seven counts of war crimes and three counts of crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He is the first suspect to surrender himself voluntarily to the ICC.

Blood stains Rwanda's seat in the UN

Rwanda is a darling of donors, including the European Union. Its roads are being paved, poverty is being fought valiantly and child mortality is declining. All in all, it is a good case study for enthusiasts for the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals.

Chinese involvement in DRC

Chinese investment in the mining sector in the DRC can be divided into three phases: the phase of artisanal mining, of smelters or semi-industrial mining, and of industrial mining.

Conflict minerals are everywhere

The ‘conflict minerals’ campaign has been hugely influential, particularly in relation to the DRC. It has focussed attention on how the illicit trade in all sorts of minerals – such as coltan, cassiterite and tantalum – has fomented conflict and facilitated mass human rights violations. However, it has also helped to divert attention away from other mining-related abuses and from the reality that conflict minerals are everywhere – because everywhere you go, mining companies and their paid-up protectors in government are in conflict with local communities.

Conflict minerals not fuelling M23 rebellion

The capture of Goma by M23 rebel forces is the latest demonstration of the ineffectiveness of the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its army (the FARDC). Whatever the political machinations behind the military’s most recent capitulation may be, the overarching themes are the longstanding institutional and governance weaknesses of Congo’s central authorities – weaknesses that the Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) has highlighted multiple times in its reports and analyses.

Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa (OSISA)

Congo

Anvil mining and the Kilwa massacre - Patricia Feeney

Are credible polls possible in DRC?

Attempted murder of DRC healer and hero

Battle over DRC's electoral commission

Belgium urged to help DRC villagers

Big step for justice, small step for peace

Blood stains Rwanda's seat in the UN

Chinese involvement in DRC

Conflict minerals are everywhere

Conflict minerals not fuelling M23 rebellion

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