85 multinationales mises en cause par l’ONU pour leur soutien financier à la guerre en RDC

Belgium: 21
South Africa : 12
UK: 12
USA: 9
Canada: 5
Germany: 4
Zimbabwe: 4
DRC: 2
Saint Kitts: 2
Bermuda: 1
France: 1
Ghana:  1
Holland: 1
Honk Kong: 1
Israel: 1
Kazakhstan: 1
Malaysia: 1
Thailand: 1
U.A.E.: 1

Democratic Republic of Congo War

1. AFRICAN TRADING CORPORATION Sarl, South Africa
2. AFRIMEX, United Kingdom
3. AHMAD DIAMOND CORPORATION, Belgium
4. A.H. PONG & Sons, South Africa
5. A. KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL Ltd, United Kingdom
6. A & M MINERALS and METALS Ltd, United Kingdom
7. ALEX STEWART Ltd (Assayers), United Kingdom
8. AMALGAMATED METAL CORPORATION Plc, United Kingdom
9. AMERICA MINERAL FIELDS (AMFI), USA
10. ANGLO AMERICAN Plc, United Kingdom
11. ANGLOVAAL MINING Ltd, South Africa
12. ARCTIC INVESTMENT, United Kingdom
13. ASA DIAM, Belgium
14. ASA INTERNATIONAL, Belgium
15. ASHANTI GOLDFIELDS, Ghana
16. AVIENT AIR, Zimbabwe
17. BANRO CORPORATION, South Africa
18. BARCLAYS BANK, United Kingdom
19. BAYER A.G., Germany
20. B.B.L. Banking, Belgium
21. BELGOLAISE, Belgium
22. CABOT CORPORATION, USA
23. CARSON PRODUCTS, South Africa
24. CHEMIE PHARMACIE NETHERLANDS, Holland
25. COGECOM, Belgium
26. C. STEINWEG NV, Belgium
27. DARA FOREST, Thailand
28. DAS AIR, United Kingdom
29. DE BEERS, United Kingdom
30. DIAGEM BVBA, Belgium
31. EAGLE WINGS RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL, USA
32. ECHOGEM, Belgium
33. EGIMEX, Belgium
34. ENTREPRISE GENERALE MALTA FORREST, DRC
35. EUROMET, United Kingdom
36. FINCONCORD SA, Switzerland
37. FINMINING, Saint Kitts
38. FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS, Canada
39. FLASHES OF COLOR, USA
40. FORTIS, Belgium
41. GEORGE FORREST INTERNATIONAL AFRIQUE, DRC
42. HARAMBEE MINING CORPORATION, Canada
43. H.C. STARCK GmbH & Co KG, Germany
44. IBRYV AND ASSOCIATES LLC, Switzerland
45. INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA RESOURCES Corp, Canada
46. ISCOR, South Africa
47. JEWEL IMPEX Bvba, Belgium
48. KABABANKOLA MINING COMPANY, Zimbabwe
49. KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, USA
50. KHA International AG, Germany
51. KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, USA
52. K & N, Belgium
53. KOMAL GEMS NV, Belgium
54. LUNDIN GROUP, Bermuda
55. MALAYSIAN SMELTING CORPORATION, Malaysia
56. MASINGIRO GmbH, Germany
57. MELKIOR RESOURCES Inc, Canada
58. MERCANTILLE CC, South Africa
59. MINERAL AFRIKA Limited, United Kingdom
60. NAC KAZATOMPROM, Kazakhstan
61. NAMI GEMS, Belgium
62. NINGXIA NON-FERROUS METALS SMELTER, China
63. OM GROUP Inc, USA
64. OPERATION SOVEREIGN LEGITIMACY (OSLEG) Pvt Ltd, Zimbabwe
65. ORION MINING Inc., South Africa
66. PACIFIC ORES METALS AND CHEMICALS Ltd, Hong Kong
67. RAREMET Ltd, Saint Kitts
68. SARACEN, South Africa
69, SDV TRANSINTRA, France
70. SIERRA GEM DIAMONDS, Belgium
71. SLC GERMANY GmbH, Germany
72. SOGEM, Belgium
73. SPECIALITY METALS COMPANY SA, Belgium
74. STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, U.A.E.
75. SWANEPOEL, South Africa
76. TENKE MINING CORPORATION, Canada
77. THORNTREE INDUSTRIES (Pvt) Ltd, Zimbabwe
78. TRACK STAR TRADING 151 (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
79. TRADEMET SA, Belgium
80. TREMALT Ltd, Belgium
81. TRINITECH INTERNATIONAL Inc, USA
82. TRIPLE A DIAMONDS, Belgium
83. UMICORE, Belgium
84. VISHAY SPRAGUE, USA and Israel
85. ZINCOR, South Africa

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2004 Gatumba Massacre: An Isolated Case?

The Eastern Congo Tribune

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It is now a decade since the Gatumba massacre had happened in Burundi. Gatumba is a few miles from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uvira-Kiliba borders. The massacre was carried out on the night of 13-14/08/2004, within a refugee camp, roughly targeting one ethnic community group, Banyamulenge. For a total of 800 refugees, 166 were gunshot, burn under tents and 106 were seriously injured. While living in Uvira and Bukavu, most of these refugees fled to Burundi fearing over their lives. In between the period of 2003-2004, the socio-security context in Eastern part of DRC, especially Uvira-Bukavu, was so explosive, partly due to the confrontation within the transitional government. The transitional government parties were striving to have a hand on these cities, previously controlled by the Congolese Rally for Democracy (Rassembelement Congolais pour la Démocratie); hence assuring forthcoming phases…

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