Rwanda Returns Congo Minerals But Distrust Remains
In a ceremony at the Rwandan border town of Gisenyi last week officials handed over 90 metric tons of smuggled minerals to the Congolese authorities. The minerals—mostly tin and coltan—were seized by the Rwandan police and were identified as having illegally originated from Congo’s conflict ravaged east. Meanwhile, just across the border in the Congolese city of Goma callers to a local radio show debated the significance of the mineral exchange ...
