Congo's Tin Soldiers - Democratic Republic of Congo
May 2006 The West's demand for Cassiterite is fuelling the killings in Congo. Militias rely on slave labour to extract the ore, forcing locals to work in sub-human conditions. "Once you get down there, there's no air", describes one worker. "The rocks often bury us and you have to crawl through...
journeymanpictures- Length: 20:45
- Tags: Cassiterite Militias Congo Soldiers Slayings journeyman Pictures
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Grand Theft Congo - DRC
July 2005 The major problem facing Africa is corruption and control of resources. In the DRC, the military is stealing minerals to sell to Western companies. At a remote mine in central DRC, workers with torches and pick axes hack at the ruddy earth. They are mining cassiterite, a mineral vital...
- journeymanpictures
- Length: 15:33
- Tags: journeyman pictures grand theft congo DRC news documentary conflict mining G8 leaders government politics
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Congo River
Trailer for the acclaimed documentary "Congo River, Beyond Darkness", by Thierry Michel. Check out this fantastic movie at: congo-river.com
- Bioeconomy
- Length: 2:5
- Tags: congo river thierry michel
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Congo's Forgotten War
April 2008 Every month, another 45000 people are killed in the DRC, in a war that was supposed to have ended five years ago. Congo remains one of the world's most dangerous and isolated places. "We live like apes. Our future is to die", states one 18 year old. Despite the agreed ceasefire, war is...
Congo Approves Economic Stimulus Package Of AK-47 For Every Citizen
Congo lawmakers are convinced the stimulus package will give Congolese the assault weapons they need to obtain clothes, food.
Carving Up the Congo
www.greenpeace.org.uk : International logging companies are causing social chaos and wreaking environmental havoc in the Democratic Republic of Congo, home of the world's second largest rainforest. Our film reveals how the World Bank, by far the largest donor to the DRC, is failing to stop this...
- GreenpeaceUK
- Length: 8:25
- Tags: greenpeace environment forests africa development congo deforestation gorillas bonobos wildlife rainforest worldbank
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Children of Conflict - Congo - Part 1
Children of Conflict looks at the Democratic Republic of Congo where child soldiers have been used in fighting between tribes and many have had to carry the guilt of rape, murder and pillage.
Ben Affleck's Journey to the Congo Part 1 - Nightline
Ben Affleck travels to the Congo. Shown on Niteline June 26, 2008.
- congotragedy
- Length: 8:49
- Tags: affleck aid ben congo humanitarian nightline
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Congo Theatrical Trailer
Theatrical trailer for Congo, from the DVD. Yes, I know the audio is slightly out of sync, I can't get it to sync exactly.
Congo Connection - Congo
September 2009 Making mobile phones uses minerals only available from Congo's war zone. Is our appetite for the latest electronic gadgets fuelling exploitation in the Congoeven threatening the survival of central Africas magnificent gorillas? On the inside of many devices like mobile phones and...
- journeymanpictures
- Length: 24:16
- Tags: congo minerals war famine technology mines journeyman pictures
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Congo Rebels - DRC
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...
UNICEF: DR Congo Pygmies (6058)
UNICEF provides shelter for pygmy children and their families. Credits: Producer:Rachel Bonham Carter
'Congo Appeal', Juliet Stevenson, BBC, November 2008
An Appeal on behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee for the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Refugees flood Congo-Brazzaville
The UN refugee agency in Congo-Brazzaville says it is expecting more displaced people to pour in from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN agency says that more than 120000 refugees are already crammed into camps in Congo-Brazzaville. They escaped ethnic fighting in the region...
- AlJazeeraEnglish
- Length: 2:17
- Tags: al jazeera drc brazaville refugees mohammed addow africanews
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In Focus: Congo's Bloody Coltan
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:...
Civilians suffer in DR Congo conflict - 8 Jan 10
The government in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and United Nations peacekeepers have launched an operation to pacify the mountain region in the east of the country. The aim of the security operation Amani Leo, translated Peace Today, is to eradicate armed groups in the volatile region,...
DR Congo's battle for internal peace - 17 Oct 09
Alan Doss, the head of the United Nations' peacekeeping mission in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has said there's a real prospect of peace after years of conflict. Doss told the UN Security Council there has been progress towards peace on a number of fronts in the past year. However,...
- AlJazeeraEnglish
- Length: 3:0
- Tags: aljazeera al jazeera mohammed adow goma dr congo united nations alan doss security council
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