Conflicted: The Fight Over Congo's Minerals | Fault Lines
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- The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the least developed countries in the world.
Yet it is also home to $24tn worth of untapped mineral reserves. In the eastern hills of the country, the "three Ts" - tantalum, tungsten and tin - are mined by hand, eventually making their way into electronic devices across the world.
For a decade, advocacy groups in the US and Europe pressured technology companies to pay attention to violence-linked "conflict minerals" in their products.
Fault Lines travels to the region to hear from miners who have been struggling to make ends meet and questions advocacy groups that say Dodd-Frank 1502 has been a success.
With evidence of fraud and smuggling, how can some of the biggest brands in the tech industry take credit for reducing violence and claim to be sourcing "conflict-free?"
Fault Lines investigates if the highly publicised campaign to stop "conflict minerals" is protecting the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in Africa, or if it is doing the opposite.
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" we produce minerals that make the world richer while we remain poor"
it will change soon, asteroid mining will give your people rest
I feel for the people of Congo who are being shafted by their own corrupt governments.
Kagame is a problem in the region he finance most of conflict and he is getting away with it easly
Can you tell which armed groups funded by Kagame, if you really know the groups operating there?
@@mugerwaherman4896 search the rebel named M23 who distabilized Congo-Goma in 2012-2014 until when Tanzania army under UN stopped them
@@makongorojulius4965 So you well know M23 is no longer there since 2014, is Congo stable now? who are there? FDRL, LRA, RNC, Mai Mai, Rudi etc. Is Kagame the one funding these ones? Do you want to talk about or just pretending??
@@mugerwaherman4896 we all know that kagame wants to reduce the hutu population in Congo
I’m from east of Congo
most victims from north kivu are hutus ask me why
Because for him all Hutus in Congo are genociders and dangerous to him and Rwanda
And that’s the reason why he doesn’t want to leave the power
Once he leaves those Hutu militias will go back to Rwanda and that will be game changer for Rwandan democracy destroyed by RPF
as long as the Congolese leaders continue to serve themselves , the people of Congo will never benefit from the natural reasources of their land.
I think this is the most poignant part of what is happening in Africa. These are sovereign states and the people are being betrayed by their leaderships. Their resources should help benefit them, and improve their lives, education etc. What usually ends up happening is the resources are cheaply strip-mined by foreign interests, and now in this modern day, China. So the vast majority of the money made is essentially exported and they are left with the scraps.
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@Kane Karter Instablaster =)
Al Jazeera should do some real stories on Qatar. Like all of the immigrants that are building Qatar and doing their menial work for crappy pay or benefits. You especially don’t want to do construction! Al Jazeera could break down their exact funding and relationship with the Qatari government, which is possibly why we never see any story critical of the Qatari government or they will focus on subjects the kingdom might like. What I personally would love to see is stories about the hosts of all the different segments and stories. I know the one guy was a former Jihadi who did time in an Egyptian prison for years after getting caught. He then says he’s a reformed jihadi and after doing many debates and shows appears as a regular host on Al Jazeera. Love it.
how about valuable to technology minerals never paying less than 15 to 20% of the going international commodity rate to pay wages to the hard working labors ... the country can monitor the paid amounts for all mineral exports and where the amount paid is less than an established 15 to 20% amount, then the country collects the difference to make up the 15 to 20% amount and splits the recovered money 50 50 with the export sellers, and where the export seller splits total 50% by division 1/4 to the export seller and 3/4 back to the original miner cooperative, et al ~ the international buyer has loads of room to make more money as the minerals go up the consumption trail ... so, this suggestion makes great sense and high justice ...
every mineral possesses telltale chemical compositions to prove its' original source ... so, it is easy to have international buyers pony up the investment cost to build assay centers and still retain a huge margin for obscene profits as sales go up the supply chain ~
So the minerals are smuggled to Rwanda 🇷🇼🙆🏽♀️
Hmm 🤔 so this is how Rwanda 🇷🇼 is developing.
It's tagged US, does it stand for Rwanda?
@@mugerwaherman4896 watch the whole documentary.
@@theonly6359 I did. I can tell these reporters intended to expose Rwanda as the smuggler but still the documentary ashame them when they say it is exported to the US and else where for telephone technology. That technology isn't in Rwanda and the minors in this video are Congolese themselves those some goose smuggle some of it through Rwanda.
I don't see anything to blame Rwanda for if it pics some droplets from smugglers of Nabibwe, but its actually going to the US!
$24tn DRC Must be a rich country way
Better than USA & Europe
The problem is not the outsiders but is my own people. I feel pain for the future generation.
Disagree all parties should be held accountable. Saying that makes it seem as though people in eastern Congo deserve to go through this genocide
It is called criminalizing a people....who were not criminals in the life history...starve them out give them arms and no food and see what happens....????
Lol problem is the leaders....a leader is a capeable adult, capeable of virtuous decisions considering how to invest their life, in the west, how to spend your time and money. The better you have it, the more mature you are, the more vulnerable and weak become your responsibility. Elites can make money off their decisions and can decide to help far more than they elect to. the problem is the few with power lack soul power to give back to their own ppl....inhabitants of earth
A law was implemented and the results is what is being documented yet you do not hold the outsiders also accountable?
It is wonderful what happening in DRC
It was meant to hep the US by giving business to US companies.
My favorite part about all of this is the sterile and sleek environment of a mac store but this is where all that comes from.
congo
Nice office! Enough
my poor country is suffering for Nothing
+Tatianna Mujinga U have to take i back from the whites
infinitecanadian whites have rigged the global financial system to be dependent on their race and to benefit themselves only once that is wiped out africa will thrive.i work in the financial sector btw
U mean me m.not smart enough to work financial sector
Actually its all about Africas Tribalistic nature and warfare. A nation divided can not stand. Tutsi's and Hutu's how many dead? White man didnt do that, Mugambe and his death squads last I checked he was Black. I could go on but Jocelyne Mombele said it all above "Its not outsiders its your own people." Until you come to that truth there is no going forward.
"documentary" ;) ?
one suggestion is to create an international trade location where foreign traders can enter into open bid barter and contracts and get prices up for the purchase of the natural resources from the Congo that provide decent wages for the heavy labor involved in digging out the minerals from the ground ~ moreover, capitalism cannot be allowed to buy low and leave the miners as slave labor equivalents ...
Africas biggest problem is Tribalism. You can have all the great ideas you want but if your nations are divided by tribal warfare its very easy to get taken advantage of by outsiders.
Capitalism only works if its out of government hands. Like me and you could decide on what we want to buy and sell for to one another but throw in the government regulations and taxes and then it gets ridiculous to the point where Socialism can creep in then you get Venezuela.
PS you would have no real need for diggers if you invest in excavating technology for mining. Look at any video of African mining its all done by hand which is ridiculous in this day and age.
RDC has the richest minerals deposits in the world and is the 3rd world's poorest country
24 trillion dollars 🤯🤯
Chikapa
🇷🇼 is using blockchain technology to trace it's minerals. Wow man, that's real modernity.
So much BS from Holly.
The most richest cntry in Africa
Non leaders always think everyone is unequal and are always pointing fingers, using heuristics, and feeling negative about some force (fearful, disdain). leaders understand that there are leaders, free ppl, and followers...
How can they let there leaders wear expensive suits have lavish lifestyles send there children to private schools aboard yet they have no running water or electricity
Alka Ford They don’t let. They are fighting for. Make some research first on population actions before pretending anything sir.
All these things are the vilage pople the minael are
The pole of the land in the
Thanks again for the opportunity to work with you all the rubs and safier and the mon stoins the cristel of any tip aer the tribe liders stop tack the stoins form the pople thay are yours and not the government the don't see the trade in value of a the vilage pople get that far tread and if it not far the king Will be Heald response
For the unjust treads so Mack this far to all
I think the people believe the government own the lands and not them until there believe its them whom owns their lands but I believe the next generation will grasp this we as ah people worldwide are finally waking up
Just as long as I get phones and other electronics I don’t care where the companies get their minerals.
You’re so evil and all you can say is that you don’t care. Son of the devil.
Changing Mentality no I am the devil so watch your words or I’ll put a demon on you
M.F. Luder, you will not because Jesus Christ is in me. You need to receive Jesus Christ as well and he will change you and next time you will care about others.
Why are women covering this