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NGOs call for action over gold mined during conflict in DRC

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A coalition of NGOs are calling on European governments to take legal action against companies that are suspected of having looted gold in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The NGOs, including TRIAL, the Open Society Justice Initiative, and the Conflict Awareness Project, argue that looting gold during times of conflict is a war crime. They say Swiss and British companies mined gold illegally during the conflict in Ituri region a decade ago. RFI spoke to Kathi Lynn Austin, a Conflict Awareness Project researcher who believes that the loot allowed warring parties to wage war and to commit human rights violations. 

Reuters/Lisi Niesner
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