We now know where a lot of coltan and cassiterite stolen from Congo go, in the end. They go to Ghana and other parts of Africa as toxic electronic waste, often disguised as charity: European and North American “contributions” of worn-out, broken, no longer fashionable tech garbage.
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Ann Garrison,
cassiterite,
coltan,
conflict minerals,
Democratic Republic of Congo,
Greenpeace,
North Kivu Province,
President Barack Obama,
Rwanda,
Rwandan President Paul Kagame,
toxic electronic waste,
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM),
U.S. Army Gen. William "Kip" Ward
The recent UNHCR Gimme Shelter campaign uses the iconic Rolling Stones song and Hollywood star Ben Affleck’s video of suffering in Congo as a propaganda tool to peddle the international catastrophe of Western aid, intervention, plunder and depopulation in Central Africa.
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"wildlife conservation" enterprises,
Alison Des Forges,
Amnesty International,
Banro Corp.,
Ben Affleck,
brutalized,
CARE International,
Congo,
Dan Gertler,
Daryl Hannah,
death camps,
depopulation,
diamond cartels,
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund,
disenfranchised,
Ewan McGregor,
Forces for the Democratic Liberation of Rwanda,
Gen. Laurent Nkunda,
genocide,
George Forrest,
International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda (ICTR),
International Crises Group,
International Rescue Committee,
Jane Goodall Institute,
John Bredenkamp,
Keith Harmon Snow,
Lockheed Martin Corp.,
Lord's Resistance Army,
Louis Michel,
Maurice Tempelsman,
Mia Farrow,
modern day slavery,
MONUC Public Information Office (PIO),
Moto Gold,
Natalie Portman,
National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP),
North Kivu,
Oxfam,
Philipe De Moerloose,
plunder,
President Bill Clinton,
President Juvenal Habyarimana,
PricewaterhouseCoopers International (PWC),
Raise Hope for Congo,
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Rwanda,
Rwandan Patriotic Army,
Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA),
Rwandan President Paul Kagame,
Sam Jonah,
Save the Children,
Sudan,
Titanium Resources Group,
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U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),
Ugandan People's Defense Forces' (UPDF),
UNHCR,
United Nations Development Program (UNDP),
United Nations Observers Mission for Congo (MONUC),
uprooted,
Vangold Resources,
Walter Kansteiner,
Yoweri Museveni
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