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DR Congo rebel chief justifies his fight - 21 Nov 08

Length: 2:28
Rating Average: 4.77 from 30 people
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Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

Tags: aljazeera congo Ndege nkunda tutsi Yvonne

As the UN agrees to deploys more forces to halt the DR Congo conflict, Laurent Nkunda, the rebel chief, acknowledges partial responsibility for the upheaval in an interview to Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege at a secret location in eastern Congo. But insisting that there is "no life, no economy, no...

Congo's Tin Soldiers - Democratic Republic of Congo

Length: 20:45
Rating Average: 4.77 from 47 people
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Author: journeymanpictures

Tags: Cassiterite Congo journeyman Militias Pictures Slayings Soldiers

May 2006The 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 the...

Congo Rebels - DRC

Length: 25:16
Rating Average: 4.69 from 16 people
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Author: journeymanpictures

Tags: Africa Child Congo Democratic DRC Gentil Journeyman Kabila of pictures Rebels Republic soldiers Uganda War

12 December 2000Gentil, 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...

Grand Theft Congo - DRC

Length: 15:33
Rating Average: 4.90 from 41 people
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Author: journeymanpictures

Tags: conflict congo documentary DRC G8 government grand journeyman leaders mining news pictures politics theft

July 2005The 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 in...

Mighty Sparrow - Congo Man

Length: 5:37
Rating Average: 4.85 from 148 people
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Author: mack8710

Tags: Cadence Calypso Carnival Congo Dominica King Man Mighty Soca Sparrow Tobago Trinidad

"Congo Man" live by Mighty Sparrow.

In Focus: Congo's Bloody Coltan

Length: 4:35
Rating Average: 4.68 from 47 people
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Author: PulitzerCenter

Tags: africa blood cell coltan conflict congo diamonds DRC mineral phones Pulitzer resources

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...

Congo Natty Junglist

Length: 6:20
Rating Average: 4.89 from 174 people
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Author: ninerecordings

Tags: Jah Jungle Rastafari

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Congo (Zaire) - Awilo Longomba - Carolina II

Length: 4:21
Rating Average: 4.70 from 427 people
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Author: idamawatu

Tags: africa congo dance drum fun guitar jungle lingala makossa music ndombolo reggae rhythm rumba salsa soukous sound star un

Congo Fun

Carving Up the Congo

Length: 8:25
Rating Average: 4.81 from 21 people
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Author: GreenpeaceUK

Tags: africa bonobos congo deforestation development environment forests gorillas greenpeace rainforest wildlife worldbank

http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/congo : 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...