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Illicit mineral trade in eastern DR Congo

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Latest: Gold smuggling finances ADF insurgency in eastern DRC

The United Nations has warned that illicit mineral trafficking in the Great Lakes region provides ongoing funding for armed groups, linking competition over natural resources to insecurity and regional tensions in the ea