The EU Commission is under growing pressure to suspend its controversial minerals-access deal with Rwanda after new investigations revealed that a Luxembourg-based commodities trader has continued to buy conflict minerals smuggled from DR Congo to Rwanda.

The EU Commission is under growing pressure to suspend its controversial minerals-access deal with Rwanda after new investigations revealed that a Luxembourg-based commodities trader has continued to buy conflict minerals smuggled from DR Congo to Rwanda.

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  • andrewth09@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    I’m shocked shocked that Rwanda (which basically doubled their Coltan production overnight) was caught exporting Coltan smuggled from the Rwanda occupied DRC