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Democratic Republic of Congo
Civil Society Analysis
- Carving up the Congo, Greenpeace UK, April 2007 (Greenpeace UK website)
- Public-Private Partnerships in the DRC's mining sector: Development, good governance, and the struggle against corruption? March 13, 2007 (Acrobat PDF 685 KB) (RAID website). Also available: Français (Acrobat PDF 655 KB)
- DRC Country Update, Bank Information Center and Environmental Defense, January 2007 (Acrobat pdf 206 KB)
- Clouds on the Horizon: The Congo Basin's forests and climate change by Alison L. Hoare, Rainforest Foundation UK, February 2007 (Rainforest Foundation UK website) (Acrobat pdf 2.25 MB)
- DRC Trip Report, Bank Information Center and Environmental Defense, April 2006 (Acrobat pdf 1.52 MB). Also available: Français (Acrobat PDF 1.52 KB)
- DRC Country Update, Bank Information Center, Environmental Defense and Friends of the Earth-US, March 2006 (Acrobat pdf 111 KB)
Correspondence
Press
- Congo pygmies appeal to World Bank over logging by Jeremy Lovell, Reuters, October 16, 2007 (Reuters website)
- China’s Three Gorges Corporation vying to build world’s largest hydro project in Central Africa, Three Gorges Probe, June 22, 2007 (Probe International website)
- Giant dam projects aim to transform African power supplies by Sarah J. Wachter, International Herald Tribune, June 19, 2007 (IHT website)
- Congo logging contracts under review by Mary Childs, Reuters, June 13, 2007 (Reuters website)
- Shedding light on Africa by Percy Zvomuya, Mail & Guardian, June 10, 2007 (M&G online)
- Vast forests with trees each worth £4,000 sold for a few bags of sugar by John Vidal, The Guardian, April 11, 2007 (Guardian website)
- Dirt poor above ground, precious metals below by Tito Drago, Inter Press Service, April 10, 2007 (IPS website)
- A rainforest in danger by Jean-Roger Kaseki, The Guardian, March 19, 2007 (Guardian website)
- Utilies pile in for a slice of the action by Carl Mortished, Times of London, March 16, 2007 (Times website)
- World Bank aid to bolster reconstruction in Congo, Xinhua News Agency, March 9, 2007 (People's Daily Online)
- Stability tempts mining companies back to Congo by Rebecca Bream, Financial Times, February 21, 2007 (MONUC website)
- Press Release: Greenpeace reveals ongoing illegal carve up of Congo's rainforests, Greenpeace, February 23, 2007 (Greenpeace website)
- Grand Inga is key to DRC minerals, Business Report (South Africa), February 7, 2007 (Business Report website)
- Transparency fears lead to review of Congo contracts by Dino Mahtani, Financial Times, January 3, 2007 (FT website)
- Getting Congo's wealth to its people by John le Carre and Jason Stearns, Boston Globe, December 22, 2006 (Boston Globe website)
- Congo takes tentative steps towards power dream by Marlene Rabaud, Reuters, December 20, 2006 (Reuters website)
- DRC’s Kabila faces unruly, corrupt mining sector, Voice of America, December 16, 2006 (Mens News Daily website)
- Congo dreams of world's biggest hydroelectric dam by Ulrike Koltermann, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, December 8, 2006 (M&C website)
- Press Release: Inauguration of Congo's New President: Prospects for Mining Sector Reform; Expert Available for Comment, Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID-UK), December 4, 2006 (RAID website)
- World Bank to increase aid to DRC, South African Broadcasting Corporation, December 3, 2006 (SABC website)
- New Congo government must bring order to chaotic mining sector, Associated Press, November 10, 2006 (International Herald Tribune website)
- World Bank lines up tenders for Inga study by Justin Brown, Business Report, October 26, 2006 (Business Report website)
- World Bank earmarks $400m for DRC by Stewart Bailey, Business Report, October 10, 2006 (Business Report website)
- AfDB to support DRC's hydroelectric dreams, Business in Africa, October 9, 2006 (Business in Africa website)
- MIGA seeks $500m DRC 'confidence vote' by Brendan Ryan, September 7, 2006 (Miningmx.com)
- Return of mining brings hope of peace and prosperity to ravaged Congo by Rory Carroll, The Guardian, July 5, 2006 (Guardian website)
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IMF Tells Congo to Reform Economy October 28, 2005 (MONUC website)
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Congo's Tin Soldiers: A report on the tin trade in the DRC by Jonathan Miller June 30, 2005 (Channel 4 website)
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The Kilwa Incident, Four Corners Report by Sally Neighbour June 6, 2005 (Four Corners website)
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International Finance Corporation to Exercise Kolwezi Option May 16, 2005 Adastra website, (Acrobat pdf 73 KB)
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Kolwezi Tailings Project September 15, 2004 World Heritage Center
Useful Web Pages
World Bank - Democratic Republic of Congo page
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