Publications
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De Congolese politiek als sleutel tot een rationeel beheer van natuurlijke rijkdommen
- Didier Verbruggen | 5 mai 2006
De bodem van de Democratische Republiek Congo (DRC) herbergt een fabelachtige schat aan natuurlijke rijkdommen. In de regio van Ituri vind je enorme goudafzettingen, de Kivus bevatten grote concentraties columbo-tantaliet (‘coltan’) en cassiteriet, diamant wordt gedolven in de Kasaï provincies, en doorheen het zuiden van Katanga loopt de Centraal- Afrikaanse ‘copper belt’ die respectievelijk 34 en
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L’Etat contre le peuple. La gouvernance, l’exploitation minière et le régime transitoire en République Démocratique du Congo
- Didier Verbruggen | 15 mars 2006
Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/20060327_etat_contre_peuple
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European companies and the coltan trade: An update
- Jeroen Cuvelier, Tim Raeymaekers | 10 septembre 2002
Coltan and Congo: the implication of the private sector Coltan is a rare metal ore used for the production of capacitors and other high-tech applications. It is mined in several countries in Africa, Asia and the U.S. and later refined by a small number of processing companies in Germany, the U.S., Kazakhstan and the Far East (see frame: coltan, the black gold). For the high-tech industry, coltan p
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Network War. An Introduction to Congo’s Privatised War Economy
- Tim Raeymaekers | 16 juin 2002
This report provides a preliminary analysis into the conflict economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Gradually, the scope of the war in DRC (1998-today) has shifted from political to economic motivations. Today, six states and many other rebel movements are fighting each other to gain control over Congo’s precious resources: diamonds, gold, coltan and others. Millions of Congolese have d
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Supporting the War Economy in the DRC: European Companies and the Coltan Trade
- Jeroen Cuvelier, Tim Raeymaekers | 16 janvier 2002
Since the outbreak of the second Congolese war in August 1998, the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been caught up in a fight over their country’s vast natural resources. Six neighbouring states and several rebel groups compete to extract maximum commercial and material benefits at an exorbitant human cost for millions of Congolese. The private sector plays a vital role in the conti
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Have African-based Diamond Monopolies Been Effective?
- IPIS | 16 juin 2001
Allegations of links between certain monopoly members and illicit activity will be assessed, with several cases highlighted to provide a more complete picture of the dynamics within the monopolies. Above all, this article seeks objectivity in attempting to separate fact from fiction, and in citing the possible sources, and reasons behind, numerous rumours in circulation – and how these rumours may
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Mineral Exports by RCD-Goma in 2000
- IPIS | 6 juin 2001
The following is a summary of gold, colombo-tantalite (coltan) and diamond exports in 2000 from territory controlled by the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie-(RCD-Goma) rebels in Eastern Congo. These figures were obtained from the RCD Department des Terres, Mines et Énergie in Goma, March 2001, with copies of the documents in the possession of IPIS. The data supplied below is an abridged
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Sierra Leone en de diamanthuurlingen (114)
- Johan Peleman | 25 juin 1998
De vergeten oorlog in Sierra Leone werd niet beslecht door de rebellen, het leger of de door Nigeria beheerste regionale vredesmacht. Het private huurlingenbedrijf Executive Outcomes klaarde de klus en bracht president Kabbah opnieuw aan de macht. Het Britse ministerie van buitenlandse zaken speelde een niet onaanzienlijke rol in deze staatsgreep-op-bestelling en ook de Verenigde Staten en de Vere