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    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    The Congo and Trump's Mineral Deal
    02 May 2025
    The Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Rwanda recently signed a Declaration of Principles in Washington. Is Rwanda ending its M23 group’s incursion into the DRC?
  • Pavan Kulkarni
    The DRC’s Historic Case Against Apple Over Blood Minerals in its Supply Chain
    15 Jan 2025
    The war-torn country has accused the US-based global tech giant of war crimes, forgery and deception by using illegally extracted and smuggled minerals in its products.
  • Child mining in Congo
    Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
    Cobalt Red, How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
    24 Jan 2024
    Siddarth Kara’s book exposes the exploitation behind the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
  • Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
    Virtual Slave Labor in Congo’s Cobalt Mines
    26 Jul 2023
    I spoke to Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, about the virtual slave labor in the cobalt mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s cobalt mines.
  • Jody Roumain
    Africa is Burning! DRC in Environmental Crisis
    26 Jul 2023
    Quiet as it’s kept, the African continent is the most susceptible to the impacts of climate change. And it has a history of colonialism, capitalist extraction, and labor exploitation to blame for…
  • Black Agenda Radio February 24, 2023
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    Black Agenda Radio February 24, 2023
    24 Feb 2023
    This week we learn about an effort in Mississippi to undo Black political power, and we’ll hear some of my commentary on the U.S. role in the Ukraine conflict, and support for Mumia Abu Jamal among…
  • The Impact of Cobalt Extraction on the Congo
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    The Impact of Cobalt Extraction on the Congo
    24 Feb 2023
    Maurice Carney is Executive Director of Friends of the Congo. He joins us to discuss cobalt, one of Congo’s mineral resources and one that plays a large role in green energy projects. But Congo’s…
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