DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Two community projects were launched Monday, December 16 Rutshuru by provincial authorities in North Kivu. It is the construction of a 12.5 MW hydroelectric plant on the Rutshuru River and the construction of a drinking water system for more than one million people in Rutshuru and part of Nyiragongo , Radio Okapi reports . These projects , says the UN radio , valued at more than 21 million U.S. dollars, the result of a partnership between the Government of the DRC , the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN ) and the American businessman Howard buffet. The proposed construction of the plant would create more than eight thousand jobs and the industrial processing of agricultural products and fisheries , said the head of ICCN , Cosma Wilungula .
"The United States and Banro Corporation announced a partnership for responsible trade in minerals in the DRC " , informs Forum des As indicating that the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development ( USAID ) Rajiv Shah and Dr. John Clarke, CEO of Banro Corporation yesterday signed Tuesday, December 17 , a partnership agreement of $ 4 million to help legally formalize artisanal gold mining " conflict-free " on the site of mining Banro in the DRC. According to the newspaper , this partnership enhances transparency and sustainability , while supporting economic opportunities for community members and informal miners . This partnership, the log information is part of the broader efforts of the government of the United States to assist the DRC and other governments in the Great Lakes region to break the links between the illicit mineral trade and the current violence, of one hand, and violations of human rights , on the other hand .
Students of Higher Rural Development Institute (ISDR) of Kitsombiro demanding the relocation of manufacturing plants of local alcoholic beverage commonly called " Kindingi ", says Radio Okapi. They claim to have conducted surveys that show pollution and two Muwe Kanyabayonga Kanyabayonga territory ( North Kivu ) by waste from the manufacture of this drink rivers. The managers of these plants refuse to respond to these accusations.
The same media also reports that three people were seriously wounded by gunfire Monday, December 16 in violence linked to a land dispute in Yamahenga and Yaliseke , two villages located more than 80 km west of Bumba , in the province of Equateur. According to the administrator of the territory of Bumba , residents of both villages exchanged gunfire after residents of Yaliseke seized a motorcycle and three bikes a resident of Yamahenga . It has been a month since the inhabitants of these two villages compete for the transition to the market. The conflict escalated when the villagers Yaliseke erected a barrier on the road where they seized a motorcycle and three bikes a resident of Yamahenga