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A World Playground: Congolese People Saced for International Games and Profits. It is an understatement to say that the minerals of North and South Kivu—niobium, tantalum, ferro-niobium, cassiterite and coltan—are in high demand internationally.
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27.03.2012US Resource War Against China: Further Militarization of Africa Discussion in 'World Affairs' started by fd24, Mar 26, 2012. Mar 26, coltan (from which niobium and tantalum are derived) and gold. Ugandan writer Herrn Edward Mulindwa offers, During the 22-year war, Museveni s army killed, maimed and mutilated thousands of civilians,
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He renamed the country the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but in August 1998 his regime was itself challenged by a second insurrection again backed by Rwanda and Uganda. Troops from Angola, Chad, Namibia, Sudan, and Zimbabwe intervened to support KABILA's regime.
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The Mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is significantly important in the world's production of cobalt, copper, diamond, tantalum, and tin, as well as gold. It is the Democratic Republic of the Congo's source of most export income. In 2009, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was estimated to have $24 trillion worth of untapped deposits of minerals, including the world's
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The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined with countrywide instability and intermittent conflict that began in the early-90s, has reduced national output and government revenue, and increased external debt.
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25.03.2012The US State Department gave Mali 5 million dollars and sent in 300 'military advisors' under the pretense of fighting AQIM. Mali's military budget is about 70 million dollars and their national budget is about 1.5 billion dollars. The US government has worried that the turmoil in Algeria would spread across the Sahara into places such as Mali.
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repris de ocnus et Zmagazine: (Photo: Uraguayan special forces MONUC hunting FDLR in Kahuzi Beiga National Park under Operation Falcon Sweep.) Behind the Numbers Untold Suffering in the Congo By Keith Harmon Snow David Barouski, CCA 26/10/06 Oct 30, 2006, 11:28 The British medical journal Lancet recently took greater notice of the Democratic Republic
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The Congo maintains the second lowest GDP per capita despite having an estimated $24 trillion in untapped raw minerals deposits [17]; it holds more than 30% of the world's diamond reserves [18] and 80% of the world's coltan [19], the majority of which is exported to China for processing into electronic-grade tantalum powder and wiring [20].
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The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined with countrywide instability and intermittent conflict that began in the early-90s, has reduced national output and government revenue, and increased external debt.
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16.06.2012The minerals include cassiterite, wolframite, coltan, tantalum, niobium, gold, diamonds, cobalt, copper, tin and iron ore; all of which are central to America's twin industrial and military expansion interests. President Barack Obama, then still a Senator, in 2006 acknowledged the DRC's importance to America's long-term interests.
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OrgAnIzED CrIME AnD InstAbIlIty In CEntrAl AfrICA 14 the military. This political expedient was apparently success-ful, given the downward trend of the violence. But the army can only absorb so many criminals before it becomes crimi-nalized itself. It is generally conceded that many of the CNDP elements integrated into the national army continue
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The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined with countrywide instability and intermittent conflict that began in the early-90s, has reduced national output and government revenue, and increased external debt.
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25.03.2012The US State Department gave Mali 5 million dollars and sent in 300 'military advisors' under the pretense of fighting AQIM. Mali's military budget is about 70 million dollars and their national budget is about 1.5 billion dollars. The US government has worried that the turmoil in Algeria would spread across the Sahara into places such as Mali.
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DR Congo Forest Information and Data According to the U.N. FAO, 68.0% or about 154,135,000 ha of Democratic Republic of the Congo is forested, according to FAO. Of this #VALUE! ( #VALUE! ) is classified as primary forest, the most biodiverse and carbon-dense form of forest.
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The mining of minerals in Nigeria accounts for only 0.3% of its GDP, due to the influence of its vast oil resources. The domestic mining industry is underdeveloped, leading to Nigeria having to import minerals that it could produce domestically, such as salt or iron ore.Rights to ownership of mineral resources is held by the Nigerian government, which grants titles to organizations to explore
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Sure. But it's unlikely. My own personal hypothesis is that the shift in how we make politics will be so drastic about 2050 that after that point in time, nation-states will be an anachronism in terms of superpower. I get all jibbery when I
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Africa's Nile River is claimed by some to be the longest river in the world (other geographers argue that the Amazon is longer); the Nile runs 6,650 km (over 4,100 mi) from Burundi to Egypt.The Congo River in the DR Congo is the second largest in terms of discharge, and the deepest with a depth of over 230 m (750 ft) in some spots. Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro is the world's tallest free
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Posts about Republic of Congo written by thomasmantell. By Nile Bowie, The Intel Hub. KUALA LUMPUR – As public interest in African affairs briefly found a place in mainstream talking points following a controversial viral video campaign about Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), both the United States and the African Union are mobilizing military forces to Central Africa
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repris de ocnus et Zmagazine: (Photo: Uraguayan special forces MONUC hunting FDLR in Kahuzi Beiga National Park under Operation Falcon Sweep.) Behind the Numbers Untold Suffering in the Congo By Keith Harmon Snow David Barouski, CCA 26/10/06 Oct 30, 2006, 11:28 The British medical journal Lancet recently took greater notice of the Democratic Republic
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10.11.2017Given this massive increase in the production of electronics, demand for coltan surged dramatically. Coltan is a dull black metallic ore from which the elements niobium (also known as columbite) and tantalum are extracted. In 1990, fifteen tonnes of it was mined in Congo and by 2000 this had reached a peak production of 160 tonnes.
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repris de ocnus et Zmagazine: (Photo: Uraguayan special forces MONUC hunting FDLR in Kahuzi Beiga National Park under Operation Falcon Sweep.) Behind the Numbers Untold Suffering in the Congo By Keith Harmon Snow David Barouski, CCA 26/10/06 Oct 30, 2006, 11:28 The British medical journal Lancet recently took greater notice of the Democratic Republic
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