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KINSHASA, Congo An official in Congo’s east says authorities have stopped a U.N.-registered vehicle carrying more than 2,600 pounds (1,200 kilograms) of minerals near the border with Rwanda.
North Kivu governor Julien Paluku says an employee of MONUSCO, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, was aboard the vehicle when it was stopped Sunday evening. He says the vehicle was carrying cassiterite. He says he does not have the MONUSCO employee’s nationality but was seeking more details on Monday.
A MONUSCO spokesman said he could not immediately comment.
Mineral trade and mining have fueled conflict in eastern Congo for over a decade. Congo has vast reserves of gold, copper, diamonds and coltan. Cassiterite is used to make cell phones, computers and other electronics.
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De Congolese autoriteiten hebben zondagavond in het oosten van Congo, bij de grens met Rwanda, een voertuig tegengehouden dat meer dan twaalfhonderd kilo mineralen vervoerde. Het voertuig is eigendom van de Verenigde Naties.
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Volgens de gouverneur van de deelstaat Noord-Kivu Julien Paluku zat in het voertuig een medewerker van Monusco, de VN-vredesmissie in Congo. De lading betrof cassiteriet, een tinoxide dat wordt gebruikt bij de productie van mobiele telefoons, computers en andere elektronica.
Een woordvoerder van Monusco wilde niet direct reageren op het bericht.
De handel in mineralen en het delven ervan zijn al tientallen jaren een bron van conflict in het oosten van Congo. Het land heeft enorme voorraden goud, koper, diamanten en coltan in de grond zitten.
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