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BY KEITH NUTHALLA MORATORIUM in the trade of illegally exploited Congolese minerals has been proposed by a panel of experts, which has examined how the stripping of resources by foreign military forces has prolonged the ongoing war in the country.The final report of the Expert Panel on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has suggested that the ban should apply to any minerals from zones of the country were invading troops are present. Its authors have called for an action plan to ...


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