.@WorldBank ‘s “critical failure” for planning/supervision of #REGROW project confirmed by @InspectionPanel. But Bank’s action plan fails to address “serious harms” – forced evictions, human rights abuses & $70M in livelihood damages – for communities in Tanzania:

Far from delivering peace, the US-brokered deal deepens the cycle of exploitation that has long burdened the Congo. Rd & share new Shafted report: https://t.co/hs71iIG0pC @Mittaloak @congofriends @marcorubio @PaulKagame @Presidence_RDC @SenateForeign @agcconnect

.@SuluhuSamia violently represses protests across Tanzania as people stand up for their rights & democracy. Reports indicate 100s have been killed by security forces in past few days. Authoritarian regime has criminalized dissent while advancing wide scale evictions of

#DRC #Congo #Rwanda #Minerals

The new Shafted report shows how the DRC-Rwanda deal entrenches exploitation, enriches elites & allows the brutal war to continue decimating countless lives. True justice will only come when Congolese communities set the terms for their own future: 🔗 https://t.co/XmIuwfaXpE

ICYMI: The draft EU Space Act (EUSA) contains clear discrimination against American space services providers, which could jeopardize the implementation of the July 2025 US-European Union trade deal. EUSA should not be adopted until it is amended. @rebeccagrantdc has written more

#DRC #Congo

« Il ne s’agit pas de paix, mais de contrôle sur les minerais », selon @oak_institute

New report exposes the truth behind the US-brokered “peace” deal in the DRC: it’s not about peace – it’s about controlling Congo’s minerals. Rwanda becomes a processing & exporting hub while Congolese communities continue to pay the price of extraction. Read how foreign

“This is a win-lose deal that serves US mining interests & rewards Rwanda for decades of pillaging Congolese resources” - @FredMousse

.@SuluhuSamia As communities in northern Tanzania face displacement and hardship in the name of conservation, a growing chorus of voices is calling for a fundamental shift away from the controversial ‘fortress conservation’ model. https://t.co/ZoA6fZQBHW @oak_institute

New report uncovers how @PaulKagame’s aggressive expansion, @realDonaldTrump’s “diplomacy,” corporate greed & a deadly conflict fuel the global race for Congo’s minerals. Shafted: The Scramble for Critical Minerals in the DRC https://t.co/XmIuwfapA6 @Mittaloak @congofriends

.@dw @ba_mweze : "L'accord de paix RDC-Rwanda, une "manœuvre" des Etats-Unis ?” Rd/Share latest coverage of new Shafted report:  https://t.co/UI1CY9O12T @Mittaloak

.@Presidence_RDC agreed to the next chapter of DRC’s exploitation through the US-brokered “peace” deal. This deal is the latest in a litany of schemes that sacrifice Congolese communities for the interests of the elites. The world has not forgotten the Bukanga Lonzo debacle,

.@PaulKagame @Presidence_RDC apologists defending a sham “peace” deal, share a vision of continued plundering of Congolese resources. As exposed in Shafted, the deal entrenches the exploitation of DRC at expense of local communities – while Rwanda, Congolese elite & US

$ASTS is a smart and ambitious company that seeks to build a space-based network provider for existing Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) like AT&T, Verizon, and Vodafone. Consensus expectations are for hyper growth, but the business of launching satellites is long, complicated and

It is rare to read such clarity about the geopolitical scramble for critical minerals from Congo. In its sweep and scope, this report serves as an excellent reference for governments, policy advisors, journalists, activists, students and actors in the global supply chain.

RD-Rwanda : Un rapport de l’Oakland Institute accuse l’accord de Washington d’entretenir le pillage des minerais congolais

“True peace & prosperity will only come when the Congolese – not foreign powers – set the terms of the country’s future. Under the US-brokered ‘peace,’ the suffering of the Congolese people persists & a new era of exploitation unfolds.” – Maurice Carney, @congofriends

US-brokered “peace” deal in DRC will only entrench looting & laundering of Congolese minerals thru Rwanda. Instead of ensuring economic development, it propagates the deadly cycle of exploitation while violence continues to rage. Civil society calls for a new path forward, where

.@PaulKagame @Presidence_RDC apologists defending a sham “peace” deal, share a vision of continued plundering of Congolese resources. As exposed in Shafted, the deal entrenches the exploitation of DRC at expense of local communities – while Rwanda, Congolese elite & US

What could be more preposterous than the US posture as peacemaker? Dr. Martin Luther King’s lament that his own government is “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today” is as true now as it was in 1967. These “peace” agreements that brought no peace are simply weapons

The US has been a central actor in laundering illegally smuggled Congolese minerals. Between 2013 & 2018, Rwanda’s tantalum (metallic ore from coltan) exports to the US rose 15-fold - a jump that followed the first M23 invasion in 2012 and occurred at the same time the US