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Rwandans not mining in east

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    The commander of the Rassemblement conglais pour la democratie (RCD-Goma), Jean-Pierre Ondekane, has denied reports that Rwanda is mining columbite-tantalite - a mineral used in weapons manufacture - in eastern DRC. He told ‘La Libre Belgique’ newspaper the Rwandans had no extraction plant, and that local people gathered the mineral by hand “and sell it, so they can feed their children”.

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