https://nos.nl/l/2490162 #kobalt #drc #congo

100 000 personnes, y compris des #enfants, dans une #mine sans machinerie. Une puissance humaine pure, payée à qq dollars/jour. 15 000 tunnels qui s'effondrent tout le temps. Enfants couverts de poussière de #soufre provenant de l'usine de traitement voisine. Le #cobalt est ainsi extrait en #RDC. Ce cobalt, né dans la #misère, alimente tous les #smartphones, véhicules électriques et autres appareils. Le monde refuse de voir la vérité!
#CobaltMining #DRC #HumanMisery https://mastodon.zaclys.com/@haritulsidas@masto.ai

Two Chinese killed in attack on DRC gold convoy

> BUKAVU: Two Chinese nationals and two others were killed in an attack on a convoy carrying gold in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s lawless east, local authorities said on Saturday.

> The attackers “stole parcels of gold which they took away into the bush,” said Sammy Badibanga Kalondji, the top local official in Fizi.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1773733 #China #DRC

Rwanda Genocide was to est US control over this area. US paramil
🇨🇳🇨🇩 Four killed, gold stolen in attack on Chinese mining convoy in Congo

An attack on a Chinese mining convoy transporting gold in northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo killed four people, including two Chinese nationals, authorities said.

Attacks on quarries and mining cooperatives are frequent in the region as more than 120 armed groups compete for land and resources in eastern Congo.

#China #DRC

@asianomics

Rwanda Genocide was to est US control over this area
🇨🇳🇨🇩 Four killed, gold stolen in attack on Chinese mining convoy in Congo

An attack on a Chinese mining convoy transporting gold in northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo killed four people, including two Chinese nationals, authorities said.

Attacks on quarries and mining cooperatives are frequent in the region as more than 120 armed groups compete for land and resources in eastern Congo.

#China #DRC

@asianomics

@fulelo #Russia , Russia , Russia in the #DRC , too? #Congo

"Two private military companies have been operating alongside the Congolese army in the troubled North Kivu Province for over a year... [A recent gov't meeting showed] a number of conspicuous white men, appearing somewhat displeased" #DRC https://www.theafricareport.com/317198/is-felix-tshisekedi-privatising-the-eastern-drc-war-against-m23/

https://www.lovenba.com/1125115/ 🏀 REPLAY : Sénégal – Cameroun, finale du tournoi de basket-ball des Jeux de la Francophonie #basket #BasketBall #BasketFeminin #BasketFemmes #Basketball #BasketballVideos #Cameroon #Cameroun #Congo #Dakar #DirectBasket #DRC #F24 #FinaleBasket #FinaleBasketball #FRANCE24 #JDLF #JeuxDeLaFrancophonie #Kinshasa #Kinshasa2023 #Lionnes #RDCongo #rdc #Senegal #sport #Sports #StadeDesMartyrs

"#Uganda, #SouthSudan and the #DRC are among African countries likely to be hit by extreme temperatures if #climate targets are missed, a new Oxford University report says." https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/science-health/uganda-among-african-countries-with-extreme-temperatures-4307054

https://www.lovenba.com/1123762/ REPLAY : Sénégal – Madagascar, demi-finale du tournoi de basket-ball des Jeux de la Francophonie #Antananarivo #basket #BasketBall #BasketFeminin #BasketFemmes #Basketball #BasketballVideos #Congo #Dakar #Demi-finaleBasket #DirectBasket #DRC #F24 #FRANCE24 #JDLF #JeuxDeLaFrancophonie #Kinshasa #Kinshasa2023 #Lionnes #Mada #Madagascar #RDCongo #rdc #Senegal #sport #Sports #StadeDesMartyrs

In Kolwezi, in der Demokratischen Republik #Kongo, hat sich das #Lieferkettengesetz noch nicht bemerkbar gemacht. Dort wird Kupfer und Kobalt für Batterien abgebaut. Tausende verloren ihr Zuhause, Schulen und Krankenhäuser durch die Erweiterung der Minen, sind von #Landnahme und Vertreibung betroffen. Setz Dich für ihre Rechte ein! 📲 ✉️
#DRC
https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/end-forced-evictions-in-kolwezi-drc/

#podcast from Just Security #Rwanda #DRC

https://www.justsecurity.org/87421/the-just-security-podcast-potential-rwandan-aggression-against-the-democratic-republic-of-congo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-just-security-podcast-potential-rwandan-aggression-against-the-democratic-republic-of-congo

Over the past year and a half, Rwandan troops have conducted military operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo and engaged in direct combat with the Congolese military and armed groups. According to the United Nations and human rights groups Rwandan troops have actively supported the March 23 Movement, M23, a Congolese armed group with longstanding ties to the Rwandan government.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, demand for critical minerals used in the global #energy transition has fueled a poorly regulated #mining sector that has forced #Indigenous communities off their land, polluted water and air, and given little back in the way of infrastructure or #development.

On this episode of the Mongabay Explores #podcast two guests from the #DRC speak with Mongabay about what residents need for a just energy transition.

By @MikeDiGirolamo

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/a-just-energy-transition-requires-better-governance-equity-in-the-drc/

Top opposition politician shot dead in DR Congo #DRCongo #DRC
#Okende
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-66072623?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=64b030e7c3502b6dfaaff9d2%26Top%20opposition%20politician%20shot%20dead%20in%20DR%20Congo%262023-07-13T17%3A16%3A18.823Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:8cfe2d14-012d-4006-81f7-1a2ba3c34026&pinned_post_asset_id=64b030e7c3502b6dfaaff9d2&pinned_post_type=share

The major #technology companies that rely on this #cobalt from #DRC to make their #products are turning a blind eye to the #humantoll and falsely claiming their #supplychains are free from #abuse, including widespread #childlabor.

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/7/13/cobalt_red_kara?utm_source=Democracy+Now%21&utm_campaign=d571ab85e5-Daily_Digest_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fa2346a853-d571ab85e5-191923653

#AdvertisingIsPropoganda
#MarketingIsLies
#FalseClaims
#ObliviousConsumption

"Spend a short time the watching the filth-caked children of the Katanga region scrounge at the earth for #cobalt, and you would be unable to determine whether they were working for the benefit of [King] Leopold or a #tech company."

#CobaltRed: How the Blood of the #Congo Powers Our Lives

Interview with author #SiddharthKara

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/7/13/cobalt_red_kara

#DRC #extractivism #BigTech #mining #CobaltMining #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #ModernSlavery #books #ChildLabour #ecocide

"Spend a short time the watching the filth-caked children of the Katanga region scrounge at the earth for #cobalt, and you would be unable to determine whether they were working for the benefit of [King] Leopold or a #tech company."

#SiddharthKara, author of #CobaltRed: How the Blood of the #Congo Powers Our Lives

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/7/13/cobalt_red_kara

#DRC #extractivism #BigTech #mining #CobaltMining #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #ModernSlavery #books #ChildLabour #ecocide

#nurso #DRC

The UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 2023 mid-term report reduces the very complex causes of violence in the eastern part of the country to inter-communal violence.

This widely disregards armed groups’ motivations to resort to violence.

This narrow approach will perpetuate the cycles of violence in a country whose population hasn’t known peace for three decades.

#Congo #DRC #PeaceKeeping #UnitedNations #Conflict

https://theconversation.com/drc-violence-has-many-causes-the-uns-narrow-focus-on-ethnicity-wont-help-end-conflict-208774

In the #DRC, a major opposition candidate has announced that he's going to boycott the December 2023 election due to concerns about the voting process https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1455207/politique/en-rdc-vers-un-boycott-general-des-elections-par-lopposition/