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Just Security
@justsecurity.org

The Trump admin is might remove anti-corruption #sanctions on mining magnate Dan Gertler, write John Prendergast and Sasha Lezhnev. The authors say the move would significantly undermine U.S. efforts to broker peace in the DRC and access critical minerals: www.justsecurity.org/122097/drc-p...

justsecurity.orgU.S. Sanctions Removal on Mining Magnate Would Set Back Peace and Investment in DR CongoThe U.S. can help end looting, smuggling, and violent extraction of raw materials from the DRC and provide a better footing for peace.

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Brian Altano
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There’s a very not great but still fun as hell 1995 Michael Crichton movie about a team of extremely greedy people mining the Congo for financial gains and they all get ripped to shreds by big violent gorillas and all we can do is hope the same thing happens now.