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Congo: Ex-rebels accused of extortion in DR Congo mines
[BBC News: 2010-03-10]

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Rebels from the CNDP were integrated into the DR Congo army Former rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo who now serve in the army are running mafia-style extortion rackets in the mines, campaigners say.The country has some of the world"s richest mines, which provide minerals to the global electronics industry. Ex-rebels of the CNDP group are said to have gained far greater control of the mines than they did as insurgent. . .

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