| Title |
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The Curse of Gold = Le Fléau de l'Or : Congo |
| Author |
Human Rights Watch |
| Edition |
PDF |
| Published |
New York, Johannesburg: HRW |
| Year |
2005-06-02 |
| Pages |
159 |
| ISBN |
1-56432-332-3 |
| Abstract |
The lure of gold has fuelled massive human rights atrocities in the north-eastern region of the DRC. Local warlords and international companies are among those benefiting from access to gold rich areas while local people suffer from ethnic slaughter, torture and rape. This report documents how local armed groups fighting for the control of gold mines and trading routes have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity using the profits from gold to fund their activities and buy weapons. The report provides details of how a leading gold mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, part of the international mining conglomerate Anglo American, developed links with one murderous armed group, the Nationalist and Integrationist Front (FNI), helping them to access the gold-rich mining site around the town of Mongbwalu in the north-eastern Ituri district. The HRW report also illustrates the trail of tainted gold from the DRC to neighbouring Uganda from where it is sent to global gold markets in Europe and elsewhere.www.hrw.org |
| Bestand |
HRW_DRC_The_Curse_of_gold_20050602.pdf (4917 Kb) |
| Country |
Central Africa , DRC , Europe |
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