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US law already does. The problem is that minerals, and more specifically the elements obtained from them, are fungible. The US (and EU) may refuse to purchase tungsten (wolfram) from Central...

Perhaps I'm unfair, but 1. and 2. (from post #627) appear to be feel-good happy talk. However, point 3. would go a long way toward reducing the violence - after the violence involved in...

M-A,

The telling observation (from a few posts back) was "... remobilise domestic support around anti-Rwanda sentiment ..."

To what extent is anti-Rwanda/Tutsi...

Sadly M-A, I think the killing will begin if and when the protesters refuse to be intimidated.

It always does.

Thanks, M-A. And my apologies for not including you with Stan and Tom. :D

I just bought "Dancing In the Glory of Monsters." There are some good comments already, and I'd be interested in hearing anything you could add on the quality of the book.

That explains a lot. :wry:

Just heard an interview with this person on Radio Netherlands (via WRN on Sirius). It seems that all the problems in the Congo are Kigame's fault:

a. For not allowing the Hutu to return without...