In Focus: Congo's Bloody Coltan
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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.
The war beginning in 1998 that pitted the armies of Congo, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Angola against those of Uganda and Rwanda induced the largest humanitarian disaster since World War II, with an estimated four million Congolese lives lost. Congo's first national elections since 1965 have taken place, but true peace and democracy remain elusive goals.
This report is part of Pulitzer Center-sponsored project "Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)" (http://bit.ly/v9W7YA) by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele.
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YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHO ARE THE MIDDLE-MEN?
YOU HAD ONE IN FRONT OF YOUR VERY EYES "THOMAS NZIRATIMANA" YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT BUT HIS IS A TUTSI FROM UGANDA THEN RWANDA AND NOW VICE-GOUVERNOR IN CONGO. THEY ARE THE NEW WESTERN HOUSE NEGROS.
WHY DOES HE SPEAK FLUENT ENGLISH AND NOT ANYONE ELSE IN THIS VIDEO? THEY ARE THE PROBLEM IN CONGO. WE WELCOMED AND PROTECTED THEM DURING THE "GENOCIDE" AND THAT'S THEY THANK US. 5,000,000 DEADS!!! CHECK /watch?v=PBiOcW-vNjk IT'S IN FRENCH
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Coltan of Congo - War of Electronics
(The Film is available FREE @antonpictures Documentary Section)
a George Anton Documentary
paste this: /watch?v=wHqU6aSARZc
or just click below on
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Afrikans need to regain their memory!!!...FAST!!
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@imaadish They are not slaves! they are not owned and traded by anybody like your term suggests.
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ALWAYS these documentrys never ever show the TRAIL of the money,.
WHO OR HOW ARE FOFEIGNERS INVOLVED WHERE DOES NOKIA OR SONY MEET THE DEALERS OF COLTAN,..,
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@SuperQueenofAfrica what can they do? they cannot do it alone sis. why should they be the only ones to seek action from the UN? everyone should get involved because this is a human issue. if there is any way that I could get the message out i will. in fact i am working on it.
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THIS IS TERRIBLE WHY ARENT THE CONGOLESE LIVING IN AMERICA DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.?
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Well why doesn't America stop funding the Ugandan and Rwandan army that is in eastern Congo?
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Q: Who profited from this system during 'the war'?
A: It was the dignitaries, the commanders, the lords of war...
Well who were their clients? Who armed and trained them? The documentary makers will not say, as usual.
Check out: Keith Harmon Snow for the answer.
tigerone1970 1 year ago 4
Does anyone really believe the BBC does not report on the non-MDC point of view, because the readers don't want to have all the facts? No, they regurgitate whatever the line of the Foreign Office is - same for CNN, CBS, etc. with regard to their corporate backers and now owners.
Mainstream media are now owned by corporations. Walt Disney, Microsoft, General Electric - they're the media's real audience.
tigerone1970 2 years ago 3