Leading international corporations established links to warlords (Johannesburg, June 2, 2005) — The lure of gold has fuelled massive human rights atrocities in the northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said in a new report published Thursday. Local warlords and international companies are among those benefiting from access to gold rich areas while local people suffer from ethnic slaughter, torture and rape.
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(Photo © 2003 Marcus Bleasdale). A young combatant patrols a village in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo Bleasdale).
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(Photo © 2003 Marcus Bleasdale). A young combatant patrols a village in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo Bleasdale).