Congolese Conflict Minerals

SEC Delays Risk Undermining Efforts to Curb Congolese Conflict Minerals

Sophia Pickles | Posted 04.19.2012

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Sophia Pickles

Are the comments we've heard from Congo-based traders simply a case of local businesses talking a good game in response to increased international pressure to clean up the minerals trade? In part, perhaps.

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From Dragon Tattoo to Congo: Combatting the Scourge of Violence Against Women

Robin_Wright | Posted 03.11.2012

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Robin_Wright

Women in other countries around the world, including the United States, suffer from the scourge of sexual violence, though the stories I heard in Congo are exceptional in their brutality. So why focus on Congo?

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Conflict Minerals: Hands-Off Is Not a Solution

Stephen P. Groff | Posted 09.10.2011

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Stephen P. Groff

Trade and investment in natural mineral resources hold great potential for boosting growth and prosperity in the developing world. Too often though, misguided or illicit exploitation of these resources has contributed, directly or indirectly, to armed conflict.

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Congo's Illicit Trade in Conflict Minerals

Robert Hormats | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Hormats

The State Department continues to focus a great deal of attention on the plight of residents in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a region that has been subject to a long-running war and severe injustice.

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Hello, I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC -- Here's How I Help Fuel the World's Deadliest Conflict

Brooke Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brooke Smith

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Conflict In Congo Rages On Despite 49 Years Of Independence

Huffington Post Contributor | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Rebecca Hamilton Goma, DRC - Jimmy Makozo is ten years old. He should be in school. Instead, he is on the streets of Goma desperately reaching ou...

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Hollywood Event Honoring Streisand's YENTL Brings Awareness to Plight of Congolese Women

Paul Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Katz

The women's movement used to have a kind of steam that I think has gone out of it. We have to keep talking about change and women's rights, not only here but all around the world.

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