Last week, RAID Director Anneke VanWoudenberg spoke to BBC World Service about working conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic at copper & cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (audio excerpt below). This follows letter of concern to mining companies from rights groups, which you can read in full here and in French here.
Other press coverage
11th June
NYT via Reuters: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/06/11/world/africa/11reuters-health-coronavirus-congo-mining.html
BBC News Updates: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-53003283 (11:22)
Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/drc-mines-site-confinement-civil-society-groups-200611182255754.html
Mining Weekly: https://www.miningweekly.com/article/human-rights-groups-concerned-about-drc-miners-confinement-at-sites-2020-06-11/rep_id:3650
MondAfrique: https://mondafrique.com/rd-congo-le-covid-19-sattaque-aux-travailleurs-des-mines/
Africa Briefing: https://africabriefing.org/2020/06/dr-congo-mine-workers-at-risk-during-covid-19/
12th June
La Libre Afrique: https://afrique.lalibre.be/51386/les-travailleurs-des-mines-en-rdc-ne-sont-pas-proteges-contre-le-coronavirus/
BBC World Service: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172x2w84yjjg24 (37:00)
Today News Africa:https://todaynewsafrica.com/11-human-rights-organizations-warn-thousands-of-dr-congo-mine-workers-at-risk-of-contracting-covid-19/
The Globe and Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-canadian-mining-company-denies-allegation-after-rights-groups-say/
15th June
RFI: http://rfi.my/63vU