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What's Behind the Rising #Conflict in Eastern #DRC

Source: https://www.voanews.com/a/explainer-what-s-behind-the-rising-conflict-in-eastern-drc-/6690258.html

More than 100 armed groups operate in eastern DRC, an unsettled region where conflict has raged for decades but has escalated in recent months.

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Fueling the #insecurity is a complicated brew of geopolitics, ethnic and national rivalries, and competition for #control of eastern DRC's abundant natural #resources.

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"The DRC produces more than 70% of the world's #cobalt" and "holds 60% of the planet's #coltan reserves," the industry website #Mining #Technology reported in February, speculating that the DRC "could become the Saudi Arabia of the electric vehicle age."

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Explainer: What's Behind the Rising Conflict in Eastern DRC

Complex mix of geopolitics, ethnic and national rivalries, and competition over the region's natural resources is fueling the violence

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zemoo@diasp.org
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While watching #VPROTegenlicht on #NPO2 i got tears in my eyes at multiple moments... 😢

Great story how heros Mulan Mu, Bas van Abel & many others in #Europe, #Africa and #China created my #Fairphone-#smartphone! 🌍📲

#Documentary #VIDEO: http://www.vpro.nl/programmas/tegenlicht/kijk/afleveringen/2016-2017/de-eerlijke-onderneming.html

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De eerlijke onderneming

Ontwerper Bas van Abel besloot een mobiele telefoon te maken, waarbij mens en natuur zo min mogelijk worden uitgebuit. De dilemma's die hij bij het produceren van zijn Fairphone tegenkomt, zijn lessen voor iedereen die een eerlijke onderneming...