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Walker255 said:
Yes Marekani na nchi za magharibi ni hypocrites! Wanatumia jina la democracy kufanya uovu mwingi sana. Wamefanya uharibifu mkubwa sana duniani. Lakini nyinyi watanzania kusema kuwa mnasupport Russia ni double standards pia. Kwani kitu kinachofanywa na Russia ni tofauti na uharibifu uliofanywa na western countries? Hakuna nchi yoyote Huru inayostahili kuwa occupied! Nyerere amesimama na hii falsafa katika uongozi wake na Ndio Maana Tanzania ilijikita sana na uhuru wa nchi za Afrika.
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Nchi gani ambayo sio hypocrite? Kichapo kwa Russia kinaendelea

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Mashashola said:
Hii vita ya Ukraine imenifunza jinsi western media ni hypocrites. Ethiopia na Mozambique kumekua na vita kali tangu 2020, maelfu ya watu wameaga dunia lakini taarifa hizi haziko kwa international media yeyote ata social media ni report moja mbili alafu kimya.
Kwa sasa, western media wanataka tusimamishe dunia tuomboleze na tuongeze bei ya bidhaa kama mafuta sababu mzungu kutoka Europe Ukraine anauliwa na mrussia. I call it bullshit
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Zile ni medioa zao na ziko busy naambo yao,nyie huku Africa nani kakukataza kutumia media za Africa ku address issues za Africa?

Mpigane nyie afu wazungu ndio wawahangaikie? Muulizaji hapo kauliza vizuri nini msimamo wa AU?

Sasa kwa hili unamlaumu mzungu kwa lipi?
 

US sanctions powerful Belgian gold dealer for funding DRC insurgency​

18 Mar


Lenin Ndebele
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President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni (R) and Alain Goetz, CEO of AGR Limited (C) are shown gold flakes at the African Gold Refinery (AGR ltd) in Entebbe.

President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni (R) and Alain Goetz, CEO of AGR Limited (C) are shown gold flakes at the African Gold Refinery (AGR ltd) in Entebbe.
Gael Grilhot, AFP
  • The US Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Belgian gold dealer Alain Goetz.
  • OFAC has also sanctioned companies linked to Goetz, who are believed to be involved in the illicit movement of gold from the DRC.
  • The body says 90% of the DRC's gold is smuggled to regional states, including Uganda and Rwanda.

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Belgian businessman Alain Goetz and a network of companies tied to him that it accused of being involved in the illicit movement of gold from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and funding insurgents.

In a statement, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said gold worth hundreds of thousands of US dollars, channelled through the African Gold Refinery (AGR) in Uganda and a network of companies all linked to Goetz, was funding turmoil in the DRC.
OFAC said:

The illicit movement of gold provides revenue to armed groups that threaten the peace, security and stability of the DRC.
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OFAC added that most of the gold was smuggled to international destinations such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and African countries like Uganda and Rwanda.

"More than 90% of DRC gold is smuggled to regional states, including Uganda and Rwanda, where it is then often refined and exported to international markets, particularly the UAE," OFAC said.

According to OFAC, more than 100 armed militias in the eastern parts of the DRC are funded through the illegal gold trade at the expense of the country's stability.

"In eastern DRC, where there are approximately 130 active armed groups, the gold trade is a major driver of conflict. A network of armed groups, smugglers and companies generates illicit revenue from the gold industry through forced labour, smuggling, extorting payments from miners. These actors use revenue from gold to finance armed conflict and enrich themselves while depriving the DRC of tax revenue and disregarding the environment and local communities," read the OFAC statement.


The sanctions mean that all property and interests in property of Goetz and companies linked to him in the US or in possession of or under the control of US persons are blocked and must be reported to OFAC.

African Gold Refinery - based in Uganda and owned by Goetz since 2016 - has sourced illicit gold from mines in regions of the DRC that are controlled by armed groups, including the Mai-Mai Yakutumba and Raia Mutomboki that are involved in destabilisation activities in South Kivu.

Intelligence gathered by OFAC reveals that the firm has the capacity to refine at least 200 tonnes a year and is one of the biggest refineries in Africa, after refineries in South Africa and Ghana.

Who is Alain Goetz?
In 2020, Alain Goetz and his brother Sylvain were found guilty of money laundering and fraud and handed 18-month suspended jail sentences by a court in Antwerp, Belgium.

In 2019, reports stated that Alain Goetz made R4.8 billion ($300 million) from gold processing in Uganda without paying tax. Because of his close ties to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, he was monikered "the president's gold dealer".


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chongchung said:
Wakunya wakuoneshe mji wowote nje ya nairobi kama sio jangwa tupu na njaa

Kigoma haipo hata top 20 ya mikoa maarufu Tanzania lakini huwezi kulinganisha na any unpopular counties za kunyaland

Kunyaland inachojivunia ni fake GDP tu lakini kwa ground bora hata Somalia
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Hawana cha kuonyesha zaidi ya expressway ya mchina
 
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