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Blood Cobalt: The Congo's Dangerous and Deadly Green Energy Mines | Foreign Correspondent

Blood Cobalt: The Congo's Dangerous and Deadly Green Energy Mines | Foreign Correspondent Kwabena Ofori Osei 37 Views • 3 years ago

The world is embracing renewable technologies but how much do we know about the metals that are powering this green revolution?

This story exposes the shocking truth about the mining of cobalt, a metal crucial to making the batteries in electric cars, laptops and mobile phones.

The world’s richest deposits of cobalt are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, one of the poorest countries on earth. It produces around 70% of world output.

This buried treasure has lured hundreds of thousands of Congolese to work in the country’s mines, big and small.

But mining is dangerous, corruption and violence is rife and though child labour has been banned, it’s common.

In recent years, the cobalt trade has been taken over by Chinese companies which operate or finance 15 of the 19 big industrial mines. Locals say that under their management, low safety standards have dropped even further.

“Unfortunately people even are dying for lack of safety,” says an employee of one big company.

Australian reporter Michael Davie travels to this mineral-rich country to investigate the industry – from the major Chinese-owned companies to the conditions of the small-scale workers on the fringes of the big mines.
It’s a dangerous mission and Davie is followed, harassed and arrested by mine and government security officials.

What he uncovers is shocking.

The day he arrives there’s been a mine cave-in, killing at least six miners.

He sees miners tunnel 25 metres underground with no safety equipment.

He meets primary school-age children handling cobalt, a toxic metal which can cause serious health effects.

He meets a mother whose 13-year-old son has just been killed on the fringes of a mine whose embankment collapsed. Companies in the Congo are obliged to make sure they don't harm the communities around them.

He secures a video which shows a man being beaten by a Congolese soldier as mine managers watch on, laughing.

And he interviews a whistleblower who accuses the Chinese mine he works for of covering up the deaths of co-workers. He also says the country isn’t benefitting from the boom.

“There is no investment coming back in terms of environment, infrastructure…We don't have road facilities, we don't have communication. There is nothing.”

But there’s hope amidst the gloom. Davie meets the Good Shepherd Sisters, nuns who’ve set up a school near the mines and educated thousands of children.

“If the children are given education, if schools are spread all over and every child goes to school, then we are redeeming this country,” says one nun.

This is a rare insight into a powerful industry which operates a dangerous business with seeming impunity. All of us use the end products.

About Foreign Correspondent:
Foreign Correspondent is the prime-time international public affairs program on Australia's national broadcaster, ABC-TV. We produce half-hour duration in-depth reports for broadcast across the ABC's television channels and digital platforms. Since 1992, our teams have journeyed to more than 170 countries to report on war, natural calamity and social and political upheaval – through the eyes of the people at the heart of it all.

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White Couple Locks Black Adopted Kids In Barn, Forces Them To Be SLAVES

White Couple Locks Black Adopted Kids In Barn, Forces Them To Be SLAVES Kwabena Ofori Osei 77 Views • 2 years ago

A West Virginia couple was charged for locking Black adopted children in a barn and forcing them to work in awful conditions. Sharon Reed and Wosny Lambre discuss on Indisputable. Tell us what you think in the comments below.

Read more here: https://atlantablackstar.com/2....024/06/24/hite-west-

"A white couple from rural West Virginia is back behind bars after a judge revoked the initial bond and raised it to $500,000 apiece — more than double the amount they faced last year when police arrested the pair on charges of locking their adopted Black children in a barn and forcing them to work as “slaves.”

Donald Ray Lantz, 63, and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62, both of Sissonville, were ordered to reappear in Kahanwha County Court on June 11, more than eight months after each posted a $200,000 bond following their arrests in October.

At the time, police conducting a wellness check at the Cheyanne Lane home were shocked to discover two of the couple’s five adopted children living in deplorable conditions, padlocked inside a ramshackle storage shed on the back of the property, which had no working lights or running water."

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DJIBOUTI: The most important country you’ve never heard about

DJIBOUTI: The most important country you’ve never heard about Kwabena Ofori Osei 41 Views • 2 years ago

The country that is turning into one giant military base.
Djibouti is a tiny country with no resources except for one: its location. China, the United States, and France are just 3 of the world powers vying for access to the vital choke point of Djibouti borders.

https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PLOOwEPgFWm_ thanks to:- David Vine, Professor of Anthropology, American University- Sankalp Gurjar, Author of “The Superpowers’ Playground: Djibouti and Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific in the 21st Century”- Hassan Cher Hared, JournalistCheck out all my sources for this video here: https://docs.google.com/docume....nt/d/1sRh8CgNEEDqw1M out my new channel with Sam Ellis - Search Party: https://youtube.com/@Search-PartyGet access to behind-the-scenes vlogs, my scripts, and extended interviews over at https://www.patreon.com/johnnyharrisDo you have an insider tip or unique information on a story? Do you have a suggestion for a story you want us to cover? Submit to the Tip Line: https://docs.google.com/forms/....d/e/1FAIpQLSdpNs1ykI made a poster about maps - check it out: https://store.dftba.com/produc....ts/all-maps-are-wron Presets & LUTs [what we use]: https://store.dftba.com/produc....ts/johnny-iz-luts-an music for this video, created by our in house composer Tom Fox, is available on our music channel, The Music Room! Follow the link to hear this soundtrack and many more: https://youtu.be/PNVHhkKAPxoWatch my videos ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/johnnyharris-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --0:00 Intro 5:36 Geography makes history8:50 Djibouti’s new reality14:28 China builds a base16:42 Local impacts 19:37 Geopolitics on steroids22:58 ConclusionAbout: Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 3.5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.- press - NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/1....1/09/opinion/democra https://www.nytimes.com/video/....opinion/100000007358 Borders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLrFyjGZ9NUNPR Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1072164745- where to find me -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnny.harris/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johnny.harrisFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyHarrisVoxIz's (my wife’s) channel: https://www.youtube.com/iz-harris- how i make my videos -Tom Fox makes my music, work with him here: https://tfbeats.com/I make maps using this AE Plugin: https://aescripts.com/geolayers/?aff=77All the gear I use: https://www.izharris.com/gear-guide - my courses - Learn a language: https://brighttrip.com/course/language/Visual storytelling: https://www.brighttrip.com/cou....rses/visual-storytel

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