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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Breaking the sound barrier

Deadly conflict in Congo

Posted by Amy Goodman on Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 3:03 PM

Sexual terrorism and corporate greed

It's the deadliest conflict since World War II. More than 5 million people have died in the past decade, yet it goes virtually unnoticed and unreported in the United States. The conflict is in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Central Africa. At its heart are the natural resources found in Congo and multinational corporations that extract them. The prospects for peace have slightly improved: A peace accord was just signed in Congo's Eastern Kivu provinces. But without a comprehensive truth and reconciliation process for the entire country and a renegotiation of all mining contracts, the suffering will undoubtedly continue.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Deadly conflict in Congo

Posted by Amy Goodman on Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 3:03 PM

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