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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eve Brennan

Amnesty accuses M23 of abuses amounting to war crimes at Congo mines

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Amnesty International accused M23 rebels in eastern Congo of carrying out abuses and unlawful killings of miners while trafficking critical minerals to neighboring Rwanda, in what it said could amount to war crimes.

The Rwanda-backed rebels control dozens of artisanal mines in Congo's eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces, where tens of thousands of miners dig for minerals critical for much of the world's electronics, including mobile phones.

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