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DR Congo rebel chief justifies his fight - 21 Nov 08

Length: 2:28
Rating Average: 4.65 from 17 people
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Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

Tags: aljazeera congo Ndege nkunda tutsi Yvonne

As the UN agrees to deploys more forces to halt the DR Congo conflict, Laurent Nkunda, the rebel chief, acknowledges partial responsibility for the upheaval in an interview to Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege at a secret location in eastern Congo. But insisting that there is "no life, no economy, no administration, no justice", he says "you cannot destroy what is not there".

Rwanda accused of involvement in Congo fighting - 22 Nov 08

Length: 2:39
Rating Average: 4.20 from 5 people
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Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

Tags: aljazeera congo Ndege nkunda rwanda Yvonne

The Congolese army says that Rwanda is deeply involved in the recent fighting in DR Congo. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege investigates the claim. She meets a prisoner of the Congolese, who say he is a former Rwandan soldier. He is accused of being a spy for his country, and paraded as alleged proof of Rwandas involvement in the recent fighting.

Congo's Tin Soldiers - Democratic Republic of Congo

Length: 20:45
Rating Average: 4.79 from 38 people
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Author: journeymanpictures

Tags: Cassiterite Congo journeyman Militias Pictures Slayings Soldiers

May 2006 The West's demand for Cassiterite is fuelling the killings in Congo. Militias rely on slave labour to extract the ore, forcing locals to work in sub-human conditions. "Once you get down there, there's no air", describes one worker. "The rocks often bury us and you have to crawl through the tiny hole, using your fingers to dig." Labourers like him often go unpaid. They're forced to work at gunpoint by militias operating outside the control of the government. "Different armed groups do what they want with the population", laments minister Buta Muiso. But British businessman Ketankumar Kotecha sees nothing wrong in buying casiterite from the militias. "If I didn't do it, someone else would. I am not here as some kind of moral saviour."

Genesis congo

Length: 3:42
Rating Average: 4.62 from 402 people
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Author: FrankGenesis

Tags: Cong Genesis music Progresive Rock

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Congo Na Bisso

Length: 24:48
Rating Average: 4.67 from 24 people
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Author: lekunfry

Tags: congo democratique du kabila lingala lumumba mobutu rdc republique

La moitié de cette emission spéciale consacrée à la RDC!

Grand Theft Congo - DRC

Length: 15:33
Rating Average: 4.87 from 31 people
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Author: journeymanpictures

Tags: conflict congo documentary DRC G8 government grand journeyman leaders mining news pictures politics theft

July 2005 The major problem facing Africa is corruption and control of resources. In the DRC, the military is stealing minerals to sell to Western companies. At a remote mine in central DRC, workers with torches and pick axes hack at the ruddy earth. They are mining cassiterite, a mineral vital in the production of laptops and mobile phones. But dispersed among the miners are Congolese Government troops -- in plain clothes for the camera -- literally forcing most workers to work at gunpoint. 'The soldiers always steal everything. They even come to shoot people down the mineshafts,' complains Regina Maponda. Western greed for cassiterite is fuelling the boom -- at an airfield near the mine, soldiers jealously guard their loot as it makes it way to Japan and the West. Conflict mining is a curse, and it is difficult to see what the G8 leaders can do.