The integrity of a governmental review of mining contracts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is being undermined by a lack of transparency and pressure to rush through the process as fast as possible, Global Witness said in a new briefing published today... The Global Witness briefing...highlights...concerns...[including] limited involvement of civil society and lack of public consultation... For decades, the DRC's vast mineral wealth...has been exploited illegally or has...provided huge profits for multinational companies and individual politicians, but contributed little or nothing to the country's development.