Tag Archives: DRC

Price of fish in Congo DRC

Les travailleurs des mines de cobalt industrielles en RDC basculent davantage dans la pauvreté

Un calcul actualisé du salaire de subsistance révèle que les travailleurs des mines qui contribuent à la transition énergétique sont laissés pour compte « Partout dans le monde, les entreprises engagées dans la transition énergétique semblent réaliser des bénéfices records, tandis que les travailleurs congolais qui mettent le cobalt à la disposition des marchés mondiaux s’enfoncent

Dan Gertler Signing Congo Agreement DRC

Rights groups inform Dan Gertler they cannot support his DRC deal

Public letter sent to businessman in response to his request for endorsement of his Settlement Agreement On 7 February 2023, businessman Dan Gertler wrote to international human rights and anti-corruption groups urging them to support his Settlement Agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a year earlier. His letter can be found here. Below is the response from the civil

Dan Gertler RAID Research DRC

US should not ease corruption sanctions on Dan Gertler

25 international and Congolese civil society groups write public letter to top US officials Today, 25 Congolese and international civil society organisations, including RAID, called on the US government not to provide sanctions relief to businessman Dan Gertler for his activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.    The US Treasury Department sanctioned Gertler and his companies for high-level corruption related to the DRC in