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Produced by the Pulitzer Center, "Congo's Bloody Coltan" is a quick glimpse at coltan's role in Congo's civil war. It was featured on "Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria" in the Fall of 2006. For photographs, resources and additional reporting by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele on the DRC visit:
http://www.pulitz ercenter.org/showpro ject.cfm?id=17
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Renewed fighting broke out Saturday between rebels and soldiers in eastern Congo, as a U.N. special envoy flew in for emergency talks and said President Joseph Kabila was ready to meet his main rival. (Nov. 15)
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Tens of thousands of civilians have abandoned their homes as peacekeepers attacked rebels in eastern Congo. Crowds vented outrage at what they claimed was a failure to protect them from advancing rebel forces. (Oct. 27)
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Fighting in Congo has resumed and that has doctors concerned about a cholera epidemic if infected patients scatter to escape. Doctors are trying to contain the outbreak in a sprawling refugee camp near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma.
The rebel general laying siege to Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma wants direct talks with the government to stop the unrest. Among other issues, Laurent Nkunda objects to a deal giving China access to the region's resources. (Oct. 30)
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12 December 2000
Gentil, a fourteen year old soldier, claims he was abducted from school by Kabila's troops and sent to the frontline to fight for the government. Two months ago, Gentil was captured by rebels and he's now taken up their cause. At Bunya, headquarters of the RCD/ML rebels, Ugandan instructors train young rebels like Gentil.