DRC/Rwanda: How ‘Blood Mineral’ Traders in Rwanda Are Helping Fund Congo Rebels – and Undermining Global Supply Chains

Aug 4, 2021 | Geoffrey York and Judi Rever, Globe and Mail
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New evidence from a United Nations report and a high-profile The investor arbitration case is shedding a spotlight on Rwanda’s role in the sophisticated smuggling network that extracts gold and coltan from Congo’s conflict zones and illegally smuggles strategically important minerals into the global supply chain for consumer products such as cellphones, computers and jewellery. Funnels from.