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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
Barges transporting goods can end up paying up to US$10,000 in taxes for one trip.
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
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.
UN soldiers patrol the road where Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was killed.
Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP via Getty Images
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.
Demonstration for conflict-free products.
Enough Project/Flickr
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…