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Role Of The M23 Rebels Control Of Natural Resources In Africa

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Several extremist rebel groups are presented in Africa explain their control of natural resources. In the article, “World News: Congolese rebels advance towards mining province” explains an extremist group called M23 rebels in Congo seizing control of a particular mining province. The province was located in the South Kivu province of Goma filled with minerals. The rebels cross the borders of Uganda and Rwanda. Congo’s military failed at removing power from the rebels (Bairyo, 2012). This explains how the M23 rebels control of the mineral- rich area led the government not to respond to the attacks. As the rebels control more territory due to the government’s weakness. This shows the M23 rebels controlling the mineral-rich provinces expanding their …show more content…

In the article, “Gold, not minerals, fueling the congo conflict” describes that the discovery of gold in the mineral reserves causes conflict between the rebels and the government. The M23 rebels increase their power by the support of the Rwandan government for the illegal gold trade. M23 intentions are to establish gold trade to control the North Kivu province, which is abundant in gold, timber and other minerals, in order to fund their group (Johnston, 2012). Rebels benefit from natural resources in order to fund. It is a major source of income for the rebels. The government and the rebels is fighting for control of the mineral and gold areas, which caused conflict between them .This can mean that the M23 rebels can control the income of Congo with already owning one of the major mineral-rich territories and almost gaining the gold reserves of the North

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