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Les activités minières destructrices dans les zones protégées du RD Congo sont monnaie courante car elles génèrent de l'argent pour les citoyens, les fonctionnaires et les groupes armés.
Peer Schouten, Danish Institute for International Studies
Les routes de la République démocratique du Congo sont un espace crucial où les conflits, la taxation illégale et le financement des conflits s’enchevêtrent.
Peer Schouten, Danish Institute for International Studies
For nearly three decades, eastern Congo has been characterised by insecurity, with frequent outbreaks of violence between armed groups and attacks on civilians.
Against a backdrop of continuing ethnic violence, delegations from South Sudan’s warring factions have arrived in Ethiopia to try to negotiate a settlement to the crisis that has riven Africa’s newest…