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A number of foreign actors became directly involved in the exploitation of natural resources. The chaos and power vacuum brought about by the 1996 rebellion led to an opportunistic scramble for the DRC's resources. Everyone wanted a piece of the cake. Rebel groups and armies from neighbouring countries all helped themselves, some (such as Zimbabwe) with the blessing of the Congolese authorities, others (such as Rwanda or Uganda) by occupying territory by force or through proxy rebel groups, committing grave human rights abuses in the process
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A number of foreign actors became directly involved in the exploitation of natural resources. The chaos and power vacuum brought about by the 1996 rebellion led to an opportunistic scramble for the DRC's resources. Everyone wanted a piece of the cake. Rebel groups and armies from neighbouring countries all helped themselves, some (such as Zimbabwe) with the blessing of the Congolese authorities, others (such as Rwanda or Uganda) by occupying territory by force or through proxy rebel groups, committing grave human rights abuses in the process
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allAfrica.com: Africa: Traditional Rulers Urged to Apologise On Slave Trade (Page 1 of 1)
All-too-often, the participation of "traditional" elite in the slave trade is forgotten. One must ask as well whether this was a case of already powerful traditional rulers being greedy, or whether it was a strengthening of greedy individuals so that they became "traditional" rulers as a result of the slave trade?
Memo From Africa - France Stirs Ill Will as It Consorts With Region’s Autocrats - NYTimes.com
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The antigovernment demonstrators think France still pulls the strings, and while French officials deny this, their actions often suggest otherwise. In Gabon, where the election of an autocrat’s son dashed hopes for ending 40 years of rule under the Bongo family, Mr. Sarkozy’s man in Africa, Alain Joyandet, showed up at Ali Bongo’s pomp-filled inauguration, telling reporters that Mr. Bongo “must be given time.”
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recently noted persistent human rights abuses by Cameroon
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Thought Leader » Jennifer Thorpe » Is the ANC the big bad wolf in Kennedy Road?
Members of the Abahlali baseMjondolo (or urban shack-dwellers movement) were pulled from their homes, violently attacked and some of them were murdered. It sounds like somebody huffed and puffed and tried to blow this movement down. Why? But more importantly, why haven’t we heard more about it?
Pambazuka - Democracy’s everyday death: South Africa's quiet coup
The assault and killings suffered by Abahlali baseMjondolo members at Kennedy Road represent a quiet 'coup' and an attack on democracy, write Nigel Gibson and Raj Patel in this week's Pambazuka News.
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