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    Conflict gold to criminal gold: the new face of artisanal gold mining in Congo

    Southern African Resource Watch, 2012
    The objective of this research report was to establish whether, and to what extent, post-conflict efforts at national, regional and international levels are improving the situation of artisanal gold-mining communities in the provinces of Orientale, North and South Kivu, and Maniema in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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    Towards effective violence mitigation: transforming political settlements

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    How should ‘new’ forms of violence in the developing world – as opposed to ‘traditional’ civil or intra-state war –be understood; and through which policies could they be prevented and/or mitigated?
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    China's position on the Sony attack

    U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2015
    In late November 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment confirmed it was the victim of a cyber attack that crippled its networks and stole large quantities of personal and commercial data. On December 19, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) publicly identified North Korea as responsible for these crimes.
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    The high cost of Congolese gold: poverty, abuse and the collapse of family and community structures

    Southern African Resource Watch, 2014
    This report focusses on the lives of the miners and their families in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – highlighting how hundreds of thousands of people live in grinding poverty in the midst of the richest mineral resources in the DRC, as corrupt political, military, commercial and traditional elites syphon off most of the funds that should be fuelling socio-economic gr
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    Better land use, better future for all: partnering with civil society to enhance sustainable land management in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    Land degradation is a serious problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, where up to two-thirds of the productive land area is reported to be degraded to some extent.  Local communities suffer the most from the degradation of their land and they are therefore fundamental to the widespread adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) techniques.
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    Consultative conference on peace agreements and conflict minerals in the DRC

    Southern African Resource Watch, 2013
    Thess proceedings are the result of a conference hald in Kinshasa, 2013, to discuss the impact of key peace agreements and the trade in conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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    Southern Africa resource barometer

    Southern African Resource Watch, 2013
    Since 2000, oil and mineral commodity prices have been undergoing a strong and steady rise, mainly due to increasing demand from China, India and other emerging economies.
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    Kimberley process: Through an African lens - reimagining responsibilities and definitions in a changing mining sector

    Southern African Resource Watch, 2013
    This report is based on the discussions at the workshop organised to coincide with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) Intersessional meeting in Kimberley, the workshop brought together 45 leading civil society activists, academics, and parliamentarians from Africa and beyond.
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    Myths and mining: the reality of resource governance in Africa

    Southern African Resource Watch, 2014
    In Africa, mining activities are undertaken by private foreign entities, which pay taxes to the state. However, mining activities are not contributing as much as they should to national economies. Despite the increase in productivity and profits, the real benefits of mining have yet to be felt by the majority of the people, especially mining communities.
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    Building constituency for the realisation of the Africa Mining Vision (AMV)

    Southern African Resource Watch, 2014
    Conference proceedings from two day constituency building workshop organised in Johannesburg, 2-3 May 2014 by Third World Network-Africa and OSISA/SARW, attended by trade unionists, CSO activists and journalists from Southern Africa.

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