Congo-Kinshasa: “Today, We Are At the Door of Economic Liberation” – Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

CEA Mme Vera Songwe, Secrétaire Général Adjointe des Nations Unies et Exécutive de la Commission Économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) 6 … More

Canada: B.C. Fails to Meet Indigenous Consent Standard for Mining — 8 Recent Cases

NEWS RELEASE 6 December 2021, 2.43pm EST Vancouver/Ottawa – December 6, 2021. In a new backgrounder report, MiningWatch Canada and the BC Mining … More

DR Congo: President Felix Tshisekedi fires DR Congo mining boss Albert Yuma Mulimbi

Sunday, December 05, 2021 By Patrick Ilunga Correspondent in Kinshasa Nation Media Group Kinshasa The Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix … More

Congo Hold-Up: on the trail of Joseph Kabila’s mystery company

Issued on: 05/12/2021 – 17:25 Text by: Christina Okello Sonia Rolley – 19 min A leak of millions of documents and … More

Canada: 25 Municipalities Urge Quebec for Increased Environmental Protection From a Graphite Mining Boom

NEWS RELEASE 6 December 2021, 12.00am EST (Montreal /Papineauville) The Lake Associations of the Petite-Nation River Watershed announces that all of the municipalities … More

Liberia: Reject Arcelor Mittal Deal…-Nimba Citizens Tell Lawmakers

Dec 5, 2021 MONROVIA – A group of Citizens under the banner Collaboration of Nimba Citizens (CNC) stormed the grounds … More

Guatemala: Marking Another Year of Community Resistance to the Escobal Mine in Mataquescuintla and San Carlos Alzatate

2 December 2021, 3.30pm EST Nine years ago, faced with threats posed by mining operations, communities in southeastern Guatemala organized … More

Africa: Moves Afoot to Take DR Congo From Exporting Cobalt, To Manufacturing Batteries

Fairphone/Flickr – Processed cobalt oxide ready for export from a mine in Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. 1 DECEMBER 2021 – allAfrica.com Translated … More

Uganda: CSOs ask gov’t to make public all petroleum and mining agreements

Tuesday, 30th November 2021 | More than 45 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) under their umbrella Publish What You Pay Uganda … More

International Solidarity Statement with 2021 Mariano Abarca Environmental Defence Award Recipient La Sociedad Civil las Abejas de Acteal, Chiapas, Mexico

26 November 2021, 9.00am EST November 27, 2021 marks 12 years since the assassination of Mexican environmental defender Mariano Abarca. … More