Le Monde diplomatique

http://MondeDiplo.com/2008/12/09congo December 2008

 Last month, General Laurent Nkunda, the rebel leader in North
 Kivu, put aside his usual ethnic rhetoric to demand the
 renegotiation of all the contracts signed between the DRC
 government and Chinese companies. There is nothing ethnic
 about the fighting currently ravaging Kivu; like the earlier
 wars of 1996- 97 and 1998-2003, this conflict has to do with
 the way in which vested interests are exploiting the immense
 natural resources of the eastern DRC. <a href="http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/12/11/2241/#more-2241" class="more-link">(Keep reading...)</a>

The Dominion November 20, 2008

The Congolese government surprised many when it announced early last year that it would be conducting a review of 63 mining contracts that were signed during the Second Congo War. (Keep reading…)

Special to Canadian Dimension November 6, 2008

Fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo recently spiked last week, the scene of the world’s bloodiest conflict since World War II with 5.4 million killed in the last decade. (Keep reading…)