Continued………Some from within the ADL have denounced Greenblatt for what they have labelled a ‘dishonest campaign’ against pro-Palestine activists. In 2022, he equated anti-Zionism with white supremacy, despite the ADL’s findings indicating no correlation between white supremacists and those who express anti-Israel sentiments.
During the ADL’s leadership summit in May 2022, Greenblatt called organisations such as Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)—which advocate for Palestinian rights—as ‘extremist’ and the ‘photo inverse of the extreme right,’ attributing anti-semitic hate crimes to their activities.
Perhaps Musk’s status as a big-donor supporter of Israel has swayed the ADL. Alternatively, some speculate it could be a case of like-minded individuals aligning themselves.
X credits: ADL @elinachos @jewishaction @DeanObeidallah @ahogan716 @YesYoureRacist
During the ADL’s leadership summit in May 2022, Greenblatt called organisations such as Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)—which advocate for Palestinian rights—as ‘extremist’ and the ‘photo inverse of the extreme right,’ attributing anti-semitic hate crimes to their activities.
Perhaps Musk’s status as a big-donor supporter of Israel has swayed the ADL. Alternatively, some speculate it could be a case of like-minded individuals aligning themselves.
X credits: ADL @elinachos @jewishaction @DeanObeidallah @ahogan716 @YesYoureRacist
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Sources:
https://www.jpost.com/blogs/clash-of-cultures/is-the-keffiyeh-the-new-swastika-366738
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/05/adl-pro-israel-advocacy-zionism-antisemitism
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/jonathan-greenblatts-racist-keffiyeh-smear-is-another-chapter-in-the-adls-war-on-palestinians/
https://www.cair.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ADLNew.pdf
https://www.adl.org/remarks-jonathan-greenblatt-adl-virtual-national-leadership-summit
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/wikipedia-votes-declare-adl-unreliable-israel-and-antisemitism-report
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67544945
https://www.jpost.com/blogs/clash-of-cultures/is-the-keffiyeh-the-new-swastika-366738
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/05/adl-pro-israel-advocacy-zionism-antisemitism
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/jonathan-greenblatts-racist-keffiyeh-smear-is-another-chapter-in-the-adls-war-on-palestinians/
https://www.cair.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ADLNew.pdf
https://www.adl.org/remarks-jonathan-greenblatt-adl-virtual-national-leadership-summit
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/wikipedia-votes-declare-adl-unreliable-israel-and-antisemitism-report
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67544945
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REPARATIONS REMAIN JUST A DREAM
US presidents come and go, but true to the nature of the duopoly, that is the Democrat and Republican parties, who swap places in the White House every four to eight years, represent little in terms of policy change. Almost 57 years after his death, and 11 US presidents later, the goals the Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr (1929-68), fought to achieve remain elusive. Listen to this speech by the icon, where he points to the government’s reluctance to address racial and historical injustices despite extending favour to European settlers.
US presidents come and go, but true to the nature of the duopoly, that is the Democrat and Republican parties, who swap places in the White House every four to eight years, represent little in terms of policy change. Almost 57 years after his death, and 11 US presidents later, the goals the Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr (1929-68), fought to achieve remain elusive. Listen to this speech by the icon, where he points to the government’s reluctance to address racial and historical injustices despite extending favour to European settlers.
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Continued……Near the end of the US Civil War, the government promised once-enslaved Africans that they would receive 40 acres of Confederate land (a total of 400,000 acres of indigenous territory along the southeast US coast) and a mule. However, US President Andrew Johnson broke this promise following US President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. While some oppose transferring former plantations to Africans as reparations because it doesn’t take into account that European settlers originally displaced indigenous people, the idea stands that no reparative process is in place.
The experience of Black people in the US highlights the role systemic factors play in subjugating a group across generations, regardless of how hard one pulls on their bootstraps.
The absence of restitution for slavery, the implementation of discriminatory laws known as Jim Crow, and present-day structural racism manifest in the racial wealth gap. White people hold 10 times more cumulative wealth than Black people. A 2021 US Federal Reserve study found that Black households would hold five times more wealth in a world without racial wealth inequality. Jonathan Welburn, a researcher at the think tank RAND, says, ‘Yesterday’s segregation is today’s wealth gap. We like to pretend that we live in a race-neutral, merit-based society now. That this is all in the past, but you can’t erase history. It shows up in our wealth. For many, it shows up in the lack of wealth.’
Sources
40 acres and a mule
https://www.history.com/news/40-acres-mule-promise
Racial wealth gap
https://www.rand.org/pubs/articles/2023/what-would-it-take-to-close-americas-black-white-wealth-gap.html
Speech
https://reparationscomm.org/reparations-news/martin-luther-kings-case-for-reparations-still-rings-true
https://ibw21.org/commentary/kings-poor-peoples-campaign
The experience of Black people in the US highlights the role systemic factors play in subjugating a group across generations, regardless of how hard one pulls on their bootstraps.
The absence of restitution for slavery, the implementation of discriminatory laws known as Jim Crow, and present-day structural racism manifest in the racial wealth gap. White people hold 10 times more cumulative wealth than Black people. A 2021 US Federal Reserve study found that Black households would hold five times more wealth in a world without racial wealth inequality. Jonathan Welburn, a researcher at the think tank RAND, says, ‘Yesterday’s segregation is today’s wealth gap. We like to pretend that we live in a race-neutral, merit-based society now. That this is all in the past, but you can’t erase history. It shows up in our wealth. For many, it shows up in the lack of wealth.’
Sources
40 acres and a mule
https://www.history.com/news/40-acres-mule-promise
Racial wealth gap
https://www.rand.org/pubs/articles/2023/what-would-it-take-to-close-americas-black-white-wealth-gap.html
Speech
https://reparationscomm.org/reparations-news/martin-luther-kings-case-for-reparations-still-rings-true
https://ibw21.org/commentary/kings-poor-peoples-campaign
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Some progress in the fight to hold Apple to account over its alleged use of DRC conflict minerals - a magistrate’s been appointed to look into the case in Belgium.
DR Congo’s action also alleges a host of other wrongdoings, all of which Apple denies.
The DRC produces more than 70% of the world’s cobalt, a mineral essential for lithium-ion batteries used in everything from smartphones to electric vehicles. Despite this, the country remains one of the poorest in the world, with millions of its citizens living in extreme poverty. On the other hand, Apple’s 2024 revenue exceeded $394 billion, with reports suggesting its profit margins are directly tied to the affordable availability of raw materials like cobalt from low-cost, high-risk regions like the DRC.
DR Congo’s action also alleges a host of other wrongdoings, all of which Apple denies.
The DRC produces more than 70% of the world’s cobalt, a mineral essential for lithium-ion batteries used in everything from smartphones to electric vehicles. Despite this, the country remains one of the poorest in the world, with millions of its citizens living in extreme poverty. On the other hand, Apple’s 2024 revenue exceeded $394 billion, with reports suggesting its profit margins are directly tied to the affordable availability of raw materials like cobalt from low-cost, high-risk regions like the DRC.
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Colonialism did not just impoverish our beautiful continent economically, it systemically obliterated our institutions and structures - as a way of projecting Western hegemony.
Decades later, any attempt at restoration - at writing our true history or at correcting the falsified tales of the colonialists - is violently resisted, both metaphorically and literally.
It’s clear the West fears Africans becoming empowered with the truth about who we truly are, beyond the lies that have been taught to us about our supposed inferiority.
We must remain committed to the path of emancipation and true independence. As pan-African revolutionary Patrice Lumumba believed, the time will come when the lion speaks for itself.
Source;
https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/primary-documents-global-african-history/patrice-lumumbas-letter-pauline-lumumba-1960/
Decades later, any attempt at restoration - at writing our true history or at correcting the falsified tales of the colonialists - is violently resisted, both metaphorically and literally.
It’s clear the West fears Africans becoming empowered with the truth about who we truly are, beyond the lies that have been taught to us about our supposed inferiority.
We must remain committed to the path of emancipation and true independence. As pan-African revolutionary Patrice Lumumba believed, the time will come when the lion speaks for itself.
Source;
https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/primary-documents-global-african-history/patrice-lumumbas-letter-pauline-lumumba-1960/
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IS S. AFRICAN POLICE TO BLAME FOR MINER DEATHS?
A months-long operation by South African authorities to end illegal artisanal mining at an abandoned gold mine in the town of Stilfontein, southwest of the commercial capital Johannesburg, came to a tragic end on 16 January, when rescuers pulled out 78 bodies from the two-kilometre-deep mine.
Nine other bodies had already been retrieved in the days and weeks leading up to the four-day operation.
According to survivors and civil-society organisations, the men starved to death after authorities blocked food from reaching them in an attempt to ‘smoke them out,’ as per the words of one South African minister.
A months-long operation by South African authorities to end illegal artisanal mining at an abandoned gold mine in the town of Stilfontein, southwest of the commercial capital Johannesburg, came to a tragic end on 16 January, when rescuers pulled out 78 bodies from the two-kilometre-deep mine.
Nine other bodies had already been retrieved in the days and weeks leading up to the four-day operation.
According to survivors and civil-society organisations, the men starved to death after authorities blocked food from reaching them in an attempt to ‘smoke them out,’ as per the words of one South African minister.
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Continued……. The survivors have told harrowing tales of eating toilet paper mixed with toothpaste, cockroaches and, in extreme cases, the flesh of dead fellow miners.
High unemployment levels and poverty have, in recent years, driven tens of thousands of men (South Africans and foreign migrants alike) to scavenge for gold in mines abandoned by mining firms that deemed them no longer viable commercially.
High unemployment levels and poverty have, in recent years, driven tens of thousands of men (South Africans and foreign migrants alike) to scavenge for gold in mines abandoned by mining firms that deemed them no longer viable commercially.
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SATIRICAL NETANYAHU SPEECH HITS HARD
This AI-generated satirical take on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 24 July address to the US Congress, where he received 79 rounds of applause, with 58 of those being standing ovations, comes amidst growing criticism regarding escalating casualties in Gaza.
Rashida Tlaib, Michigan’s pro-Palestine representative, was one of the few legislators who did not applaud. Instead, she held up a sign referring to Netanyahu as a war criminal.
By the time of his address, the relentless Israeli bombardment had k*lled approximately 39,000 individuals, predominantly women and children. Yet, by early July, the British medical journal The Lancet had estimated that the death toll was likely more than 186,000.
This AI-generated satirical take on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 24 July address to the US Congress, where he received 79 rounds of applause, with 58 of those being standing ovations, comes amidst growing criticism regarding escalating casualties in Gaza.
Rashida Tlaib, Michigan’s pro-Palestine representative, was one of the few legislators who did not applaud. Instead, she held up a sign referring to Netanyahu as a war criminal.
By the time of his address, the relentless Israeli bombardment had k*lled approximately 39,000 individuals, predominantly women and children. Yet, by early July, the British medical journal The Lancet had estimated that the death toll was likely more than 186,000.
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Continued…….. In his speech, Netanyahu took the opportunity to emphasise the unique partnership between the United States and Israel, often referred to in mainstream media as the ‘only democracy in the Middle East.’ Yet, this ‘democracy’ had displaced 1.9 million Palestinians out of a total population of 2.2 million as of October 2024, according to the UN.
Just two months into Israel’s military onslaught, Human Rights Watch reported in December 2023 that Israel had employed starvation as a tactic of war, blocking humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza and cutting off essential supplies, such as electricity, water, and fuel. These actions violate the Geneva Conventions against collective punishment of civilians during wartime.
While this parody likens Netanyahu to a fictional horror character named ‘Freddy Krueger,’ who revels in the suffering of children, the reality for the children and families in Palestine over the past 15 months has been far more harrowing than any horror film.
It’s also worth remembering that Republicans and Democrats stood there, side by side, to applaud Netanyahu, showing that support for the settler-colonial and gen*cidal project of Israel has always been bi-partisan.
Video credit: @cspan / @means_tv
Sources:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2024/11/14/hopeless-starving-and-besieged/israels-forced-displacement-palestinians-gaza
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/15/the-human-toll-of-israels-war-on-gaza-by-the-numbers#:~:text=46%2C707%20Palestinians%20killed,number%20killed%20is%20far%20higher.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext
https://daily.jstor.org/freddy-krueger-folkloric-monster/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/18/israel-starvation-used-weapon-war-gaza
Just two months into Israel’s military onslaught, Human Rights Watch reported in December 2023 that Israel had employed starvation as a tactic of war, blocking humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza and cutting off essential supplies, such as electricity, water, and fuel. These actions violate the Geneva Conventions against collective punishment of civilians during wartime.
While this parody likens Netanyahu to a fictional horror character named ‘Freddy Krueger,’ who revels in the suffering of children, the reality for the children and families in Palestine over the past 15 months has been far more harrowing than any horror film.
It’s also worth remembering that Republicans and Democrats stood there, side by side, to applaud Netanyahu, showing that support for the settler-colonial and gen*cidal project of Israel has always been bi-partisan.
Video credit: @cspan / @means_tv
Sources:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2024/11/14/hopeless-starving-and-besieged/israels-forced-displacement-palestinians-gaza
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/15/the-human-toll-of-israels-war-on-gaza-by-the-numbers#:~:text=46%2C707%20Palestinians%20killed,number%20killed%20is%20far%20higher.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext
https://daily.jstor.org/freddy-krueger-folkloric-monster/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/18/israel-starvation-used-weapon-war-gaza
Human Rights Watch
“Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged”
The 154-page report, “‘Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged’: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza,” examines how Israeli authorities’ conduct has led to the displacement of over 90 percent of the population of Gaza—1.9 million Palestinians—and…
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WHEN THE ZULUS SMASHED THE BRITISH ARMY
In January 1879, three columns of British colonial forces invaded the Zulu kingdom. This followed King Cetshwayo KaMpande’s refusal to adhere to a ridiculous order by the British High Commissioner for South Africa, Bartle Frere, demanding that the Zulu monarch dismantle his army and submit to the colonial settler administration. In their usual colonial arrogance, the British strolled into the kingdom, expecting an easy victory over the Africans; however, they could not have been more wrong. On the morning of 22 January, a 20,000-strong Zulu army under the command of Ntshingwayo kaMahole Khoza and Mavumengwana kaNdlela Ntuli attacked and annihilated the colonial forces that had established camp at Isandlwana mountain.
In January 1879, three columns of British colonial forces invaded the Zulu kingdom. This followed King Cetshwayo KaMpande’s refusal to adhere to a ridiculous order by the British High Commissioner for South Africa, Bartle Frere, demanding that the Zulu monarch dismantle his army and submit to the colonial settler administration. In their usual colonial arrogance, the British strolled into the kingdom, expecting an easy victory over the Africans; however, they could not have been more wrong. On the morning of 22 January, a 20,000-strong Zulu army under the command of Ntshingwayo kaMahole Khoza and Mavumengwana kaNdlela Ntuli attacked and annihilated the colonial forces that had established camp at Isandlwana mountain.
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Continued……. They killed at least 800 British soldiers and more than 500 Africans serving under the colonial army. The defeat sent shockwaves all the way to London. The Zulus were eventually defeated months later when the British sent reinforcements, but one thing had been made clear: Africans were not going to accept colonialism lying down.
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After 15 months of Israel's incessant bombardment of Palestinians in Gaza, a six-week ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Hamas went into effect on 19 January.
While the ceasefire offers much-needed respite for the people of Gaza, who, in 469 days, had endured the most brutal onslaughts in modern history, many feel it has come a little too late.
On the day the ceasefire went into effect, the health ministry in Gaza reported Israel’s military onslaught had k*lled 46,913 Palestinians.
Meanwhile, a recent study by the renowned medical journal The Lancet states the actual death toll is much higher than what the Gaza Health Ministry has reported due to Israel’s attacks destroying the enclave’s health infrastructure. According to the study, about 25,000 deaths may have gone unreported during the first nine months, bringing the total to about 64,000 deaths.
While the ceasefire offers much-needed respite for the people of Gaza, who, in 469 days, had endured the most brutal onslaughts in modern history, many feel it has come a little too late.
On the day the ceasefire went into effect, the health ministry in Gaza reported Israel’s military onslaught had k*lled 46,913 Palestinians.
Meanwhile, a recent study by the renowned medical journal The Lancet states the actual death toll is much higher than what the Gaza Health Ministry has reported due to Israel’s attacks destroying the enclave’s health infrastructure. According to the study, about 25,000 deaths may have gone unreported during the first nine months, bringing the total to about 64,000 deaths.
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Continued…..
Over the past several months, researchers have attempted to calculate the actual death toll, with figures ranging as high as a couple of hundred thousand.
While Israel claims its onslaught has targeted Hamas members, Gaza's most vulnerable, such as children and women, have suffered the most. Here, we sum up some of the impacts of the 15-month onslaught.
Sources:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/26/israel-palestinian-healthcare-workers-tortured
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/15/the-human-toll-of-israels-war-on-gaza-by-the-numbers
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/01/19/health-ministry-in-gaza-says-war-death-toll-at-46-913-
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/10/1156016
https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/press-release/2024/10/war-on-women-women-killed-in-armed-conflicts-double-in-2023
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/01/19/health-ministry-in-gaza-says-war-death-toll-at-46-913-
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2824%2902678-3
https://www.savethechildren.net/news/gaza-least-3100-children-aged-under-five-killed-others-risk-famine-looms
https://turkiye.un.org/en/263401-gaza-number-children-killed-higher-four-years-world-conflict
https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/more-women-and-children-killed-gaza-israeli-military-any-other-recent-conflict
https://www.trtworld.com/discrimination/un-women-and-children-make-up-shocking-70-of-gaza-war-casualties-18229980
https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/press-release/2024/10/war-on-women-women-killed-in-armed-conflicts-double-in-2023
https://pjs.ps/en/index.html
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/memoriam-vaccineswork-remembers-health-care-workers-killed-2024
https://healthcareworkerswatch.org/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/26/israel-palestinian-healthcare-workers-tortured
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/health/gaza-death-toll.html
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/01/19/health-ministry-in-gaza-says-war-death-toll-at-46-913-
Over the past several months, researchers have attempted to calculate the actual death toll, with figures ranging as high as a couple of hundred thousand.
While Israel claims its onslaught has targeted Hamas members, Gaza's most vulnerable, such as children and women, have suffered the most. Here, we sum up some of the impacts of the 15-month onslaught.
Sources:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/26/israel-palestinian-healthcare-workers-tortured
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/15/the-human-toll-of-israels-war-on-gaza-by-the-numbers
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/01/19/health-ministry-in-gaza-says-war-death-toll-at-46-913-
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/10/1156016
https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/press-release/2024/10/war-on-women-women-killed-in-armed-conflicts-double-in-2023
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/01/19/health-ministry-in-gaza-says-war-death-toll-at-46-913-
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2824%2902678-3
https://www.savethechildren.net/news/gaza-least-3100-children-aged-under-five-killed-others-risk-famine-looms
https://turkiye.un.org/en/263401-gaza-number-children-killed-higher-four-years-world-conflict
https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/more-women-and-children-killed-gaza-israeli-military-any-other-recent-conflict
https://www.trtworld.com/discrimination/un-women-and-children-make-up-shocking-70-of-gaza-war-casualties-18229980
https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/press-release/2024/10/war-on-women-women-killed-in-armed-conflicts-double-in-2023
https://pjs.ps/en/index.html
https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/memoriam-vaccineswork-remembers-health-care-workers-killed-2024
https://healthcareworkerswatch.org/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/26/israel-palestinian-healthcare-workers-tortured
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/health/gaza-death-toll.html
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/01/19/health-ministry-in-gaza-says-war-death-toll-at-46-913-
Human Rights Watch
Israel: Palestinian Healthcare Workers Tortured
Israeli forces have arbitrarily detained Palestinian healthcare workers in Gaza since hostilities began in October 2023, deported them to detention facilities in Israel, and allegedly tortured and ill-treated them.
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized control of Minova, a vital trading centre situated just 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Goma, the capital of war-torn North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Minova’s fall comes two weeks after M23 captured Masisi, a significant location within the mineral-rich area. Fierce fighting erupted shortly after the cancellation of planned peace talks between Rwandan and DRC leaders, scheduled for 15 December, in Angola. Since then, M23 has successfully overrun several towns and settlements as it pushes toward Goma, a city it briefly occupied in 2012.
A June 2024 report from UN experts revealed that Rwanda had sent approximately 3,000 to 4,000 troops to bolster M23, aiding their territorial gains in eastern Congo. The M23 group has been accused of committing atrocities against civilians, further worsening the humanitarian crisis in the Great Lakes region.
A June 2024 report from UN experts revealed that Rwanda had sent approximately 3,000 to 4,000 troops to bolster M23, aiding their territorial gains in eastern Congo. The M23 group has been accused of committing atrocities against civilians, further worsening the humanitarian crisis in the Great Lakes region.
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Continued……. The ongoing resource-driven war, which has lasted for three decades, is recognised as one of the most destructive and prolonged conflicts in modern history. It involves over 120 militias and armed groups, many reportedly supported by foreign governments and interests. This enduring conflict has generated around 6 million deaths, more than 7 million internally displaced people and numerous reports of s*xual violence.
The DRC is estimated to hold a staggering $24 trillion in untapped mineral resources, including cobalt, gold, lithium and coltan, drawing the attention of powerful foreign entities eager to exploit these riches. Tech giants have come under fire for sourcing cobalt, a key component in rechargeable batteries, from mines accused of using child labour and operating under hazardous conditions. While a class-action lawsuit brought by child miners against several tech companies failed last year in the United States, similar legal action is now underway in Europe, keeping the spotlight on the exploitative practices tied to Congo’s mineral wealth.
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9e57wln45o
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congos-m23-rebels-seize-eastern-town-minova-2025-01-21/
https://apnews.com/article/congo-rebels-minova-m23-goma-kivu-30eb356bd6e6e6dc933fc5539b3054aa
https://thedefensepost.com/2025/01/19/m23-fighters-congo-town/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/21/m23-rebels-seize-key-eastern-drc-town-of-minova
https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/escalating-violence-eastern-dr-congo-displaces-more-230-000-start-year
https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/n24/118/80/pdf/n2411880.pdf
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/new-refugee-wave-as-m23-rebels-seize-2-towns-in-north-kivu--4879026
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2024/10/why-is-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-wracked-by-conflict/
The DRC is estimated to hold a staggering $24 trillion in untapped mineral resources, including cobalt, gold, lithium and coltan, drawing the attention of powerful foreign entities eager to exploit these riches. Tech giants have come under fire for sourcing cobalt, a key component in rechargeable batteries, from mines accused of using child labour and operating under hazardous conditions. While a class-action lawsuit brought by child miners against several tech companies failed last year in the United States, similar legal action is now underway in Europe, keeping the spotlight on the exploitative practices tied to Congo’s mineral wealth.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9e57wln45o
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congos-m23-rebels-seize-eastern-town-minova-2025-01-21/
https://apnews.com/article/congo-rebels-minova-m23-goma-kivu-30eb356bd6e6e6dc933fc5539b3054aa
https://thedefensepost.com/2025/01/19/m23-fighters-congo-town/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/21/m23-rebels-seize-key-eastern-drc-town-of-minova
https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/escalating-violence-eastern-dr-congo-displaces-more-230-000-start-year
https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/n24/118/80/pdf/n2411880.pdf
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/new-refugee-wave-as-m23-rebels-seize-2-towns-in-north-kivu--4879026
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2024/10/why-is-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-wracked-by-conflict/
BBC News
Rwanda-backed rebels capture key eastern DR Congo town
The taking of the town by the M23 puts its fighters within 40km of the key city of Goma.
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