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Timber and charcoal trade killing Congo rainforest

Deaths, mass rapes, kidnappings for ransom, displacements, money laundering and costly environmental harm are the results of the violent competition for natural resources in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

According to Kivu Security Tracker, a joint project of the government and civilians, there were 1,655 reported incidents where people were called between 2020 and 2021.

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