RE: Congo's Tin Soldiers

No More Aid For Africa by Peter Banjo

Nov 18, 2008Government & Organizations

Journeyman Pictures presents a short 20 minute video titled "Congo's Tin Soldiers" about the scramble for mineral resources that has plunged the Democratic Republic of Congo into a vicious cycle of bloodshed and oppressi...

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