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Reprinted from Pambazuka News on January 17, 2008, the anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba.

Maurice Carney analyses the recently-concluded review of Congo's mining contracts and the significance of this process in safeguarding the country's considerable mineral wealth..  read more »

We are pleased, as part of our commitment to sharing thoughtful and insightful commentary on the Democratic Republic of Congo, to post this essay by Zahra Moloo. A full pdf version, formatted and with references is available but for those with assistive technology needs, the full text is posted below.

Source Oxfam, NZ  read more »

Source: New Scientist.

It is staggering the number of things which basically are not attended to in the DRC. Here we have the World Bank in charge of how the forests should be dealt with. Of course, what happens to people, especially those who live in the forest, including the pygmees, does not seem to matter. It is as if slavery never really ended because the same system which was born out of it has been carrying on. The system has allowed for more field slaves to become house slaves, and it has created possibilities for house slaves also to own slaves and other types of property.  read more »

Original post at Bloomberg.com: U.K.

Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Tullow Oil Plc's exploration contract in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be canceled after the government found irregularities in the agreement, said Hydrocarbons Minister Lambert Mende. Tullow's stock fell.  read more »

Originally posted on Pambazuka News August 8, 2007.

Bukavu is perched high above Lake Kivu, gently encroaching on the placid body of water between Rwanda and Congo. Once known as the pearl of Congo because of its beautiful climate and mountains, the Bukavu I found last summer barely resembles the famed city I heard about as a child.  read more »

Wednesday July 25, 3:23 pm ET  read more »

Thursday June 28, 9:31 PM

June 28 (Reuters) - This month the Democratic Republic of Congo began its review of contracts for mining concessions.

The mineral-rich African country is looking at 60 mining deals, most of which were negotiated during a six-year war and the three-year transitional period that followed.

These are the main companies with mining projects in the Congo:  read more »

Originally posted on AllAfrica.Com

Rwanda News Agency
Kigali, June 21, 2007

In May, outspoken former US congresswoman Cynthia McKinney testified in the Spanish probe investigating the deaths of Spanish nuns in this region. Now details show that she is reported to have alleged that the US government maintained ravaging conflicts in this region for mining concessions from D R Congo.  read more »

Originally aired on June 6, 2007 on Guns & Butter, KPFA Radio.

Interview with journalist and human rights and genocide investigator, Keith Harmon Snow by Bonnie Faulkner. The new U.S. command, AFRICOM; the crisis in northern Uganda; the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa; military programs and covert operations; Somalia and Ethiopia; oil and mineral resources; the Darfur region of Sudan; NGOs.

Listen to interview.

Originally posted on the website of the New Statesman, June 14, 2007.

Within a decade, the US will be heavily dependent on African oil. Little wonder the Pentagon is preparing a strategy for the region.  read more »