How illegal mining is fuelling DRC conflict

In the last decade, more than five million people have been killed in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The country's fabulous mineral resources, and the battle to control them, goes some way towards explaining why fighting has continued for so long there.

The BBC's World Affairs Correspondent Mark Doyle reports on how illegal mining is fuelling the conflict.

Last year, a special group set up by the UN Security Council to look into mining in Congo wrote a report detailing the FDLR's mining operations.

Newshour's Owen Bennett-Jones spoke to the former chair of the group, Jason Stearns, who told him about the report's findings.

First broadcast 9 April 2009