Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) mine registry has accused the World Bank of trying to gain control of the country's rich resources on Wednesday.
"Parts of your e-mail sent to the head of the office of the mining minister are a dishonour to you and represent a scandal on the scale of Watergate," said the letter signed by the head of the mining registry, Ambroise Mbaka Kwaya Swana, referring to a message sent by World Bank consultant Paolo de Sa asking that the mining registry's activities be "blocked".
De Sa reportedly said in his e-mail: "I would be grateful if the
minister would sign no more documents relating to registration of mines and if no contracts for personnel at the mining registry be signed."
De Sa was part of a team, including members of the then DRC government, led by a World Bank consultant, that took part in preliminary work leading to the creation of the mining registry, which was set up in July 2000 but only began registering mining land in May last year.
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