Democratic Republic of Congo: The Curse of Gold

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Human Rights Watch
Date:
2 June 2005

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Title

Democratic Republic of Congo: The Curse of Gold

Document source

Human Rights Watch

Date

2 June 2005

Document number

1564323323

Document type

Country Reports

Additional document information

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Collection

Research & Reports

Country

Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)

Keywords

Arbitrary arrest and detention

Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements

Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity

Extrajudicial executions

Forced labour

Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment

Comments:

This 159-page 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 northeastern Ituri district.

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