Drc: United States Punishes Actors for Violence and Illegal Trade in Minerals

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The Foreign Assets Control Office of the U.S. Treasury Department imposes new sanctions against actors accused of being involved in armed violence and the trade in critical minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Five actors are targeted, including the Coalition des patriotes résistants congolais – Force de typé. All are accused of illegal exploitation and smuggling in the Rubaya mining area in the eastern part of the country. Far from…