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Coltan, Congo's Curse

Author : Van Campen
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1528944593
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Coltan, Congo's Curse written by Van Campen and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'How old are you?' 'Forty-four.' 'Were you in Rwanda in 1994?' 'Yes.' 'Were you a member of Interahamwe?' 'It was a long time ago.' 'I will ask again,' I hissed near his ear. 'Were you a member of Interahamwe?' He looked up to me. His breath smelled terrible. I almost felt nauseous. 'Yes, I was there and I was killing Tutsi cockroaches. They deserved to die.' This is a story about a Geneva-based Coltan trader being drawn into the Congolese conflict fought over natural resources. Four million dead and counting. Without Coltan, our mobile phones won't work. Why is this mineral so important to the Military Industrial Complex? It all started right after the Rwanda Genocide of 1994... "May I call you the Dutch John le Carré?" in an interview with Alphonse Muambi, Congolese Expert on Africa and Strategic Resources, Globalisation and Development. "I have to say, this is an exciting book," in an interview with Pim van Galen, Journalist at Dutch Public Television (NOS). "The plot is really great!" remark by Cecile Dehopre, Doctors Without Borders."Van Campen not only tells an enrapturing tale, he also uses Coltan Congo's Curse as a storytelling mechanism to raise awareness and confront some major issues like child labour, working conditions and conflict minerals in Congo's mining industry today." - Bas van Abel, CEO and Founder Fairphone.

The illegal exploitation of coltan in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Author :
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656691738
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book The illegal exploitation of coltan in the Democratic Republic of Congo written by and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Politics - Region: Africa, grade: 2,0, University of Frankfurt (Main), language: English, abstract: "No blood on my mobile phone" - This slogan published by a Belgian human rights organization as part of a famous campaign gives a glimpse on what disadvantages the increasing digitalization and globalization has on our society.1 It refers to a material which is used in almost any device of our daily life. We are talking about coltan, one of the rarest and most sought commodities in the world. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) owes hereby one of the largest mineral deposits, but due to the illegal exploitation of natural resources it is at the same time one of the most affected countries.1 The DRC is rich in various minerals, but because of years of dictatorships and wars that lasted in Congo since the beginning of the so-called First Congo War in 1996, there was not only the death of up to an estimated 5.4 million people, but also the dissolving of ordered structures and the economic system.2 In the context of rival rebel groups, government militias as well as occupying forces from neighbouring countries like Rwanda and Uganda one can also find a number of foreign companies that take advantage from the lack of structure and use it for tracking economic interests. Over the last decades a web of corruption, exploitation and trafficking developed, through which it was possible for the beneficiaries of the conflict to achieve their profit.

Coltan, Congo and Conflict

Author : Artur Usanov
Publisher : The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
ISBN 13 : 9491040812
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Coltan, Congo and Conflict written by Artur Usanov and published by The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Consuming the Congo

Author : Peter Eichstaedt
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1569769001
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Consuming the Congo written by Peter Eichstaedt and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Dancing in the Glory of Monsters

Author : Jason Stearns
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610391594
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Dancing in the Glory of Monsters written by Jason Stearns and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "tremendous," "intrepid" history of the devastating war in the heart of Africa's Congo, with first-hand accounts of the continent's worst conflict in modern times. At the heart of Africa is the Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal war in which millions have died. In Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, renowned political activist and researcher Jason K. Stearns has written a compelling and deeply-reported narrative of how Congo became a failed state that collapsed into a war of retaliatory massacres. Stearns brilliantly describes the key perpetrators, many of whom he met personally, and highlights the nature of the political system that brought these people to power, as well as the moral decisions with which the war confronted them. Now updated with a new introduction, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters tells the full story of Africa's Great War.

Blue Gold

Author : Elizabeth Stewart
Publisher : Annick Press
ISBN 13 : 1554516366
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (545 download)

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Download or read book Blue Gold written by Elizabeth Stewart and published by Annick Press. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coltan, or “blue gold,” is a rare mineral used in making cell phones and computers. Across continents, the lives of three teen girls are affected by the “blue gold” trade. Sylvie’s family had to lee the Democratic Republic of the Congo after her father was killed by a rogue militia gang in the conlict for control of coltan. The refugee camp where she now lives is deplorable, and Sylvie yearns for a way out—to save not only herself, but her remaining family. Laiping labors in a Chinese factory, soldering components for cell phones. She had left her small village to make her fortune, but the factory conditions are crushing, and the constant pressure to send money home adds to her misery. Yet when Laiping tries to improve her situation, she sees what happens to those who dare question the electronics company’s policies. Fiona is a North American girl who, in one thoughtless moment, takes a picture on her cell phone she comes to regret. In the aftermath, she learns not only about trust and being true to oneself, but the importance of ighting for what is right. All three teens are unexpectedly linked by these events. Elizabeth Stewart conducted extensive research to authentically capture the experiences of all three girls. The result is an intense and powerful story about their struggles to create better lives for themselves in the face of the world’s increasing appetite for coltan.

Congo Inc.

Author : In Koli Jean Bofane
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253031915
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Congo Inc. written by In Koli Jean Bofane and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the sound of machine gun fire and the smell of burning flesh, award-winning author In Koli Jean Bofane leads readers on a perilous, satirical journey through the civil conflict and political instability that have been the logical outcome of generations of rapacious multinational corporate activity, corrupt governance, widespread civil conflict, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation in Africa. Isookanga, a Congolese Pygmy, grows up in a small village with big dreams of becoming rich. His vision of the world is shaped by his exploits in Raging Trade, an online game where he seizes control of the world's natural resources by any means possible: high-tech weaponry, slavery, and even genocide. Isookanga leaves his sleepy village to make his fortune in the pulsating capital Kinshasa, where he joins forces with street children, warlords, and a Chinese victim of globalization in this blistering novel about capitalism, colonialism, and the world haunted by the ghosts of Bismarck and Leopold II. Told with just enough levity to make it truly heartbreaking, Congo Inc. is a searing tale about ecological, political, and economic failure.

Radio Congo

Author : Ben Rawlence
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780740956
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Radio Congo written by Ben Rawlence and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brash hustlers, sinister colonels, resilient refugees, and intrepid radio hosts: meet the future of Congo In this extraordinary debut – called ‘gripping’ by The Times of London – Ben Rawlence sets out to gather the news from a forgotten town deep in Congo’s ‘silent quarter’ where peace is finally being built after two decades of civil war and devastation. Ignoring the advice of locals, reporters, and mercenaries, he travels by foot, bike, and boat, introducing us to Colonel Ibrahim, a guerrilla turned army officer; Benjamin, the kindly father of the most terrifying Mai Mai warlord; the cousins Mohammed and Mohammed, young tin traders hoping to make their fortune; and talk show host Mama Christine, who dispenses counsel and courage in equal measure. From the ‘blood cheese’ of Goma to the decaying city of Manono, Rawlence uncovers the real stories of life during the war and finds hope for the future.

Coltan Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Author : Karen Hayes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781903703106
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Coltan Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo written by Karen Hayes and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Crisis in the Congo

Author : F. Ngolet
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230116256
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Crisis in the Congo written by F. Ngolet and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a comprehensive history and analysis of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the tumultuous period of 1997 - 2001. The author examines the most recent events in this turbulent region, offering a contemporary account that is both extensive and detailed.

Land of Tears

Author : Robert Harms
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1541699661
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Land of Tears written by Robert Harms and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prizewinning historian's epic account of the scramble to control equatorial Africa In just three decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the heart of Africa was utterly transformed. Virtually closed to outsiders for centuries, by the early 1900s the rainforest of the Congo River basin was one of the most brutally exploited places on earth. In Land of Tears, historian Robert Harms reconstructs the chaotic process by which this happened. Beginning in the 1870s, traders, explorers, and empire builders from Arabia, Europe, and America moved rapidly into the region, where they pioneered a deadly trade in ivory and rubber for Western markets and in enslaved labor for the Indian Ocean rim. Imperial conquest followed close behind. Ranging from remote African villages to European diplomatic meetings to Connecticut piano-key factories, Land of Tears reveals how equatorial Africa became fully, fatefully, and tragically enmeshed within our global world.

Natural Resources and Violent Conflict

Author : Ian Bannon
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821355039
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Natural Resources and Violent Conflict written by Ian Bannon and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research carried out by the World Bank on the root causes of conflict and civil war finds that a developing country's economic dependence on natural resources or other primary commodities is strongly associated with the risk level for violent conflict. This book brings together a collection of reports and case studies that explore what the international community in particular can do to reduce this risk.; The text explains the links between natural resources and conflict and examines the impact of resource dependence on economic performance, governance, secessionist movements and revel financing. It then explores avenues for international action - from financial and resource reporting procedures and policy recommendations to commodity tracking systems and enforcement instruments, including sanctions, certification requirements, aid conditionality, legislative and judicial instruments.

Natural Resources and Social Conflict

Author : M. Schnurr
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137002468
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Natural Resources and Social Conflict written by M. Schnurr and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together international scholars reflecting on the theory and practice of international security, human security, natural resources and environmental change. It contributes by 'centring the margins' and privileging alternative conceptions and understandings of environmental (in)security.

To Cook a Continent

Author : Nnimmo Bassey
Publisher : Fahamu/Pambazuka
ISBN 13 : 1906387532
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book To Cook a Continent written by Nnimmo Bassey and published by Fahamu/Pambazuka. This book was released on 2012 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that the climate crisis confronting the world today is rooted mainly in the wealthy economies’ abuse of fossil fuels, indigenous forests, and global commercial agriculture, this important book investigates how Africa has been exploited and how Africans should respond for the good of all. As it examines the oil industry in Africa and probes the causes of global warming, this record warns of its insidious impacts and explores false solutions. Demonstrating that the issues around natural resource exploitation, corporate profiteering, and climate change must be considered together if the planet is to be saved, the book suggests how Africa can overcome the crises of environment and global warming.

Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Author : Emizet Francois Kisangani
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810863251
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo written by Emizet Francois Kisangani and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo looks back at the nearly 48 years of independence, over a century of colonial rule, and even earlier kingdoms and groups that shared the territory. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 800 cross-referenced dictionary entries on civil wars, mutinies, notable people, places, events, and cultural practices.

High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Author : Päivi Lujala
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136536698
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding written by Päivi Lujala and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most post-conflict countries, the transition to peace is daunting. In countries with high-value natural resources – including oil, gas, diamonds, other minerals, and timber –the stakes are unusually high and peacebuilding is especially challenging. Resource-rich post-conflict countries face both unique problems and opportunities. They enter peacebuilding with an advantage that distinguishes them from other war-torn societies: access to natural resources that can yield substantial revenues for alleviating poverty, compensating victims, creating jobs, and rebuilding the country and the economy. Evidence shows, however, that this opportunity is often wasted. Resource-rich countries do not have a better record in sustaining peace. In fact, resource-related conflicts are more likely to relapse. Focusing on the relationship between high-value natural resources and peacebuilding in post-conflict settings, this book identifies opportunities and strategies for converting resource revenues to a peaceful future. Its thirty chapters draw on the experiences of forty-one researchers and practitioners – as well as the broader literature – and cover a range of key issues, including resource extraction, revenue sharing and allocation, and institution building. The book provides a concise theoretical and practical framework that policy makers, researchers, practitioners, and students can use to understand and address the complex interplay between the management of high-value resources and peace. High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding is part of a global initiative led by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the University of Tokyo, and McGill University to identify and analyze lessons in natural resource management and post-conflict peacebuilding. The project has generated six edited books of case studies and analyses, with contributions from practitioners, policy makers, and researchers. Other books in the series address land; water; livelihoods; assessing and restoring natural resources; and governance.

Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts

Author : Jules Marchal
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1784786330
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts written by Jules Marchal and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive account of exploitation in the Congo, introduced by Adam Hochschild In the early twentieth century, the worldwide rubber boom led British entrepreneur Lord Leverhulme to the Belgian Congo. Warmly welcomed by the murderous regime of King Leopold II, Leverhulme set up a private kingdom reliant on the horrific Belgian system of forced labour, a programme that reduced the population of Congo by half and accounted for more deaths than the Nazi Holocaust. In this definitive, meticulously researched history, Jules Marchal exposes the nature of forced labour under Lord Leverhulme’s rule and the appalling conditions imposed upon the people of Congo. With an extensive introduction by Adam Hochschild, Lord Leverhulme’s Ghosts is an important and urgently needed account of a laboratory of colonial exploitation.