Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Uganda Monitor
Published on 2024-08-25 06:36:36
The recent gold scuffle at Kyengera, which happened two weeks after the US government had flagged Uganda as a transit country and market for smuggled minerals from the Great Lakes region, highlights gaps in the traceability system exploited by unscrupulous traders.
The smuggling is not only limited to private individuals but also state actors. Former prime minister Milton Obote was, for one, named in a 1965 scandal in which he reportedly received the precious metal and ivory from rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after furnishing them with firearms procured from…
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