tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36667415.post1580197081797180094..comments2023-10-22T13:35:40.654+02:00Comments on AFRICA'S SOCIALIST BANNER: The Cost of Freedom !!! ???African Socialisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12479354621859167598noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36667415.post-26027659031824986962008-11-08T21:13:00.000+02:002008-11-08T21:13:00.000+02:00The rebels "are not in any areas that don't have m...The rebels "are not in any areas that don't have minerals," says Joseph Mukind Kakez, a top government official in eastern Congo.<BR/><BR/>Given its immense natural resources, the Congo should be one of the richest countries on earth, with an estimated $300 billion worth of timber, gold, diamonds, cobalt, copper, tin, and coltan. Nearly 80 percent of the world's known reserves of coltan – a key ajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36667415.post-36679467203332497032008-11-04T10:54:00.000+02:002008-11-04T10:54:00.000+02:00Joahann Hari of The Independent reports "Nkunda – ...Joahann Hari of The Independent reports <BR/><BR/>"Nkunda – backed by Rwanda – claims he needs to protect the local Tutsi population from the same Hutu genocidaires who have been hiding out in the jungles of eastern Congo since 1994. That's why he is seizing Congolese military bases and is poised to march on Goma. <BR/>It is a lie. <BR/>François Grignon, Africa Director of the International ajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.com