Major Rwandan coltan exporter bought smuggled Congolese minerals, UN report says

Major Rwandan coltan exporter bought smuggled DRC minerals: UN

Mineral trade helps finance M23 rebels occupying eastern DRC, says report

Major Rwandan coltan exporter bought smuggled Congolese minerals, UN report says

, REUTERS -Rwandan company Boss Mining Solution bought minerals smuggled from rebel-held areas of neighboring Congo, helping fund an insurgency in that vast African country, according to a confidential report by a group of United Nations experts that was reviewed by Reuters. Read more at straitstimes.com.

UN names Rwandan firm in Congo mineral trafficking

A CONFIDENTIAL United Nations report has identified Rwanda’s Boss Mining Solution as complicit in purchasing minerals smuggled from rebel-controlled areas of Congo, according to a report by Reuters on Friday. The report marks the first time the world body has named a company involved in such trafficking since Rwandan M23 insurgents seized key mining territories, the newswire said. The report, submitted to the UN Security Council sanctions commit…