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Rebels impose restrictions on mining activities

    NAIROBI

    The department of mines in rebel-controlled areas has issued a decree banning traders from “engaging any mineral-related activity in the entire liberated territory until a new order is given”. Rebel-run Goma radio said the decree was issued due to the “urgent need to put the mineral and craft sector in order”. Traders had failed to submit monthly statistics on the purchase and sales of mineral products and taxes had not been paid, the radio said.

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