The Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the DRC (02.07.08)

Take your time and read the websites' links below.

They may help to understand the roots of the wars in the African Great Lake Region in general and in Democratic Republic of Congo (Ex-Zaire) in particular.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/dr_congo/economic_exploitation.html

towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/1352/1/

http://www.afrol.com/Countries/DRC/documents/un_resources_2002_intro.htm

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/congo/2006/1127experts.pdf

http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Africa/DRC.asp

http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/drcongo.htm

http://www.raid-uk.org/docs/UN_Panel_DRC/Unanswered_Questions_Full.pdf

http://www.raceandhistory.com/historicalviews/2007/2106.html

http://www.pulitzercenter.org/openitem.cfm?id=529