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Silent Plunder: How Congo’s Precious Timber Fuels an Illegal Trade in Burundi

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At the furniture market in the Jabe district, in the urban commune of Mukaza, within the town hall of Bujumbura, the economic capital, planks of wood can be seen seemingly abandoned. At first glance, they appear old, discarded, and of no economic value. However, the reality is quite the opposite: this is high-value wood smuggled from South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Jean Marie Biraronderwa, a retailer of Congolese w…
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InfoNile broke the news in on Friday, June 20, 2025.
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