UN Accuses Uganda of Looting Congo's Mineral Resources, XINHUA From: Xinhua (China) | Date: April 17, 2001 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Xinhua (China)
04-17-2001
KAMPALA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Foreign armies, particularly Rwanda and Uganda,
are allegedly involved in "mass-scale looting" of the mineral resources
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( DRC), pillaging everything from
gold to livestock, the New Vision daily, a leading newspaper in Uganda,
quoted a United Nations (U.N) report as saying on Tuesday.
A U.N. panel called for tough measures to stop the plunder of natural
resources in the DRC, which it said is the motive and engine of the war
there.
The panel also called for an embargo on trade of diamonds, gold and
other ...