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Filed Under: Africa and the World
Tags: American and Western firms trafficking in mineral resources • Baraka • Bibokoboko • Bijombo • bilateral cooperation • Bosco Ntaganda • Bukavu • Bunyakiri • Bwegera • cassiterite • Central Africa • Congolese people • diamonds • disease • evil destruction of property and infrastructure • famine • Fizi • Friends of the Congo • gold • Hon. Bapolisi Bahuga Paulin • Hon. Bashomberwa Martha • Hon. Birindwa Chanikire Solide • Hon. Bitakwira Hayi Bihona-Justin • Hon. Buherwa Lupini Désiré • Hon. Kanyegere Lwaboshi Samuel • Hon. Marie-Jeanne Kika Zamud • Hon. Masumbuko Bashomba Christophe • Hon. Mpanano Ntamwenge Roger • Hutus • international justice (ICC) • Israel • Kagabwe • Kakungwe • Kalambi • Kalonge • Kamituga • Kaniola • Kasika Katogota • Katumba Kalehe • Kaziba • Kigulube • Kiliba • Kinshasa • Kitutu • large-scale movements of populations • Laurent Nkundabatware • Lemera • looting of natural resources • Lubuga • Lugushwa • Luhwindja • Makobola • Masango Tubimbi • Minembwe • MONUC (United Nations Organization Mission in DR Congo) • Mushago • Mutambala • Mwenga • National Members of Parliament of South Kivu • Ndola • Ngando • Nindja • Palestine • President Barack Obama • President Paul Kagame • rape • Rwanda • Secretary of State Hillary Clinton • Shabunda • Sun City in South Africa • the Conference of Goma • the DR Congo • the geostrategic position • the Marshall plan • the National Parliament • the Obama administration • the United States of America • theft and other degrading treatment • Tutsis • Uganda • Uvira • “blood” coltan