US dirty hands: Congo war is resource war

Kambale Musavuli of the Center for Research on the Congo-Kinshasa explains how eastern Congo is facing a “de facto annexation” by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, with U.S. backed forces driving a war that has already killed millions in the scramble for the country’s vast mineral wealth. 

He reveals that American companies, including Pennsylvania-based GTP, are openly importing tungsten from Rwanda, minerals likely stolen from the DRC, while Washington’s so-called “peace deals” are really about securing control of these resources: “Trump himself said the U.S. got minerals.”