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05.06.2006 - Congo's Tragedy: The War the World Forgot (PDF)

 
04.27.2006 - British ally behind world's bloodiest conflict

  
07.01.2005 - D.R. Congo: HRW Report Halts Purchase of Tainted Gold

  
08.01.2001 - Congo's Coltan Rush (B.B.C.)  
 
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  February 16, 2008: What Should President Bush Say About the Congo During His Trip to Africa?

February 15, 2008: Congo Mining Contract Review: Fast Track or False Trail?

February 07, 2008: New War Crimes Suspect Arrested
By ICC - DRC

February 04, 2008: NGOs fear that DRC mining contract review process has been hijacked
By Broederlijk Delen - CEPAS - Entraide Missionaire - Fatal Transactions - Forum de la Société Civile Congolaise - Global Witness - MiningWatch Canada - Netherlands institute for Southern Africa (NiZA) - Rights and Accountability in Development - 11.11.11 - Urgewald

December 11, 2007: DR Congo: Warring Sides Must Protect Civilians

December 5, 2007: Kilwa appeal should take place in Kinshasa to reduce the risk of political interference
By ACIDH-ASADHO-Global Witness-RAID

November 28, 2007: World Bank and donors should address corruption and impunity in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Global Witness / RAID

November 7, 2007: International Appeal for the Publication of the Final Report of the Ministerial Commission on the Review of Mining Contracts in the Democratic Republic of Congo

October 23, 2007: Civilians in Peril
By DR Congo

October 18, 2007: Second War Crimes Suspect to Face Justice in The Hague
By ICC/DRC

October 18, 2007: Three years on - still no justice for the victims of the Kilwa massacre (PDF)

July 17, 2007: Victims of Kilwa massacre denied justice by Congolese military court Part 1 (PDF)  Part 2 (PDF)
By ACIDH – RAID – GLOBAL WITNESS - ASADHO/KATANGA

May 17, 2007: Congolese government should ensure transparency and independent oversight in mining contract review
By Global Witness

April 12, 2007: Statement by Human Rights Watch to the DRC Parliamentary Commission Investigating Events in Bas Congo (PDF)
By Human Rights Watch

April 7, 2007: EITI procedure not adhered to by DRC's Ministry of Planning (PDF)

March 22, 2007: Opportunity for the new Congolese government to fundamentally reform the natural resource sector (PDF)
By Global Witness

February 21, 2007: Global Witness calls upon the UK
Government to hold British company Afrimex to account for fuelling conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Global Witness

October 26, 2006: URGENT APPEAL : Military Prosecutor in Kilwa Trial Recalled to Kinshasa: Political Pressure Intensifies After Former Anvil Mining Staff and Congolese Military Charged with Commission of or Complicity in War Crimes (PDF)
By ACIDH – RAID – GLOBAL WITNESS


September 11, 2006: Congo-Kinshasa: An Urgent Call to
Respect the Will of the Congolese People
By DRC Coalition (Washington, DC)


July 30, 2006: Ensure Justice for Pascal K. Kibembi's Murder


July 19, 2006: Justice for Journalist Mwamba Bapwa


July 6, 2006: Congo: New York Times Front Page Frontin'


March 2, 2006: Africa and You: Resource-Rich Congo Develops ‘Friends’ in D.C.
By Robtel Neajai Pailey










 
 
   
 
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