Conflict Minerals In Congo
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Author | : Christoph N. Vogel |
Publisher | : Hurst Publishers |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2022-07-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1787388808 |
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In the twenty-first century, the relationship between violent conflict and natural resources has become a matter of intense public and academic debate. As a result of fervent activism and international campaigning, the flagship case of ‘conflict minerals’ has captured global attention. This term groups together the artisanal tin, tantalum (coltan), tungsten and gold originating from war zones in Central Africa. Known as ‘digital minerals’ for their use in high-end technology, their exploitation and trade has been singled out in numerous media and United Nations reports as a key driver of violence, provoking an unprecedented popular outcry and prompting transnational efforts to promote ‘conflict-free’, ethical mining. Focusing on the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Conflict Minerals, Inc. is the first comprehensive analysis of this phenomenon. Based on meticulous investigation and long-term fieldwork, this book analyses why the campaign against ‘unethical’ mining went awry, and radically disrupted eastern Congo’s political economy. It dissects the evolution of the conflict minerals paradigm, the policy responses it triggered and their impact on artisanal miners. Vogel demonstrates how Western advocacy and policy have relied on colonial frames to drive change, and how White Saviourism perpetuates structural violence and inequality across global supply and value chains.
Author | : Peter Eichstaedt |
Publisher | : Chicago Review Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2011-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1569769001 |
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Describes the "conflict minerals" mined in the Congo amidst armed conflict and human rights abuses including gold, diamonds, coltan, tin, and tungsten used in cell phones, computers, and other electronics. Explores the slave labor, violence, and disease killing millions of Congolese mining these resources, and offers ways one can help.
Author | : Artur Usanov |
Publisher | : The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies |
Total Pages | : 87 |
Release | : 2013-06-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9491040812 |
Download Coltan, Congo and Conflict Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This report evaluates the links between coltan trade and violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and examines the potential for recent legislation to break such links and reduce conflict.
Author | : Ruben de Koning |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Congo (Democratic Republic) |
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Mineral resources have played a crucial role in fuelling protracted armed conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Illegal armed groups, state forces and civilian authorities are all involved in illicit rent seeking from the mineral sector, with serious repercussions for security, human rights and development. This Policy Paper examines the the prospects for and interactions between various trade- and security related initiatives that are aimed at demilitarizing the supply chains of key minerals. It also describes the changing context in which such initiatives operate following a series of military campaigns against illegal armed groups. Finally, it offers policy recommendations for how the Congolese Government and international actors can coordinate and strengthen their responses in order to break resource-conflict links in eastern DRC.
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Release | : 2014 |
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Author | : Gary L. Simmons |
Publisher | : Nova Science Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Congo (Democratic Republic) |
ISBN | : 9781634633260 |
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Since the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) was passed in 2010, relevant U.S. agencies have undertaken various activities related to responsible sourcing of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and adjoining countries. In response to the Act, the Department of State (State) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) developed a strategy in 2011 to address the linkages among human rights abuses, armed groups, and the mining of conflict minerals and are implementing various strategy objectives. This book examines, among other things, the extent to which relevant U.S. agencies have undertaken activities related to responsible sourcing of conflict minerals; and what is known about the status of, and information provided by, stakeholder initiatives focused on responsible sourcing of conflict minerals from the DRC and adjoining countries.
Author | : James H. Smith |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2021-12-17 |
Genre | : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS |
ISBN | : 0226816060 |
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Orientations -- Prologue: an introduction to the personal, methodological, and spatiotemporal scales of the project -- The eyes of the world: themes of movement, visualization, and (dis)embodiment in Congolese digital minerals extraction (an introduction) -- Mining worlds. War stories: seeing the world through war ; The magic chain: interdimensional movement in the supply chain for the "Black Minerals" ; Mining futures in the ruins -- The eyes of the world on Bisie and the game of tags ; Bisie during the time of movement ; Insects of the forest ; The battle of Bisie ; Closure ; Game of tags: auditing the digital minerals supply chain ; Conclusion: chains, holes, and wormholes.
Author | : OECD |
Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 2013-03-20 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9264185054 |
Download OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas Second Edition Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This is an updated edition which includes new supplements on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and on Gold.
Author | : Séverine Autesserre |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2010-06-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521191009 |
Download The Trouble with the Congo Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Trouble with the Congo suggests a new explanation for international peacebuilding failures in civil wars. Drawing from more than 330 interviews and a year and a half of field research, it develops a case study of the international intervention during the Democratic Republic of the Congo's unsuccessful transition from war to peace and democracy (2003-2006). Grassroots rivalries over land, resources, and political power motivated widespread violence. However, a dominant peacebuilding culture shaped the intervention strategy in a way that precluded action on local conflicts, ultimately dooming the international efforts to end the deadliest conflict since World War II. Most international actors interpreted continued fighting as the consequence of national and regional tensions alone. UN staff and diplomats viewed intervention at the macro levels as their only legitimate responsibility. The dominant culture constructed local peacebuilding as such an unimportant, unfamiliar, and unmanageable task that neither shocking events nor resistance from select individuals could convince international actors to reevaluate their understanding of violence and intervention.
Author | : Michael Nest |
Publisher | : Polity |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2011-04-11 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0745649319 |
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In this book, Michael Nest unravels this complex story to offer a clear and compelling analysis of the relationship between coltan and violence in the Congo, and the battle between activists and corporations to reshape the global tantalum supply chain.