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Africa: Global Witness Warns That Majority of Inaugural Conflict Mineral Reports Are Inadequate
Global Witness, 2 June 2014
The first set of company reports submitted under a landmark U.S. law that aims to stop the minerals trade fuelling violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fall short… Read more »
African 'Blood' Mineral Reports 'Disappoint'
While some firms have made strong submissions, most reports filed don't include enough information to show that companies operating in conflict areas, particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo, are doing credible checks on their supply chains to make sure the proceeds are not used to fuel conflicts.
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Africa: Myth Buster - the Conflict Minerals Provision
Global Witness, 2 June 2014
Best known as the 'conflict minerals provision,' but Section 1502 of the Dodd Frank Act is a law that requires US-listed companies that use four minerals--tantalum, tin, tungsten… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: As June 2nd Conflict Minerals Deadline Approaches, Global Witness Warns That First Reports Lack Substance
Global Witness, 29 May 2014
Initial company reports submitted under a landmark U.S. law that aims to stop the minerals trade fuelling violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are disappointing,… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Statement Concerning the Continued Importance of Due Diligence for Conflict Minerals
State Department, 26 May 2014
Media Note Read more »
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Tanzania: Stakeholders for End of Conflict, Plunder in DRC
Daily News, 26 May 2014
THE just ended two-day conference on East African Societies and Regional Securities here has called for speedy intervention on the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of… Read more »
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Africa: Watchdog in Bid to Cut Flow of Blood Diamonds
DW, 19 November 2013
The world's diamond watchdog has begun a four day plenary meeting in Johannesburg. South Africa says a lot of progress has been made in curbing conflict diamonds. Civil society… Read more »
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Africa: Talks Fail to Redefine 'Blood Diamonds'
DW, 22 November 2013
At a four-day meeting in Johannesburg, Kimberley Process delegates called for stiffer penalties for those dealing in blood diamonds. However, they failed to come up with a broader… Read more »
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Africa: Understanding Conflict in Resource-Rich States
African Arguments, 17 April 2014
Diamonds and Rubber in Sierra Leone, oil in Angola and Sudan, tantalum and gold in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, copper in Zambia - the list of the natural resource wealth… Read more »
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Angola: Lunda Norte - Angola and DRC Meet in Dundo Over Kimberley Process
ANGOP, 23 April 2014
Experts from Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) opened talks Tuesday in Dundo, northeastern Lunda Norte province, to analyse the Kemberly Process in both countries. Read more »
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Africa: Africa Must Benefit from its Mineral Resources
UNECA, 8 October 2013
Africa's political economy is deeply ingrained with its history of the exploitation and (mis)management of its mineral and natural resources. Read more »
InFocus
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Zimbabwe leads the tension among government members as the gulf between Western members of the group and African and Asian countries continues to widen in the Kimberley Process ... Read more »
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A meeting of Kimberley Process meeting calling for stiffer penalties for those dealing in blood diamonds has failed to come up with a broader definition of the term. Read more »
