Press release N°8 2025
AFREWATCH calls on the DRC authorities, in particular the National Minister of Mines and the Governor of Lualaba, to address the precarious and dangerous
Preventing Corruption in Transition Mineral Supply Chains
The global fight against climate change relies on our ability to scale up low-carbon infrastructure, yet corruption in mineral supply chains risks derailing a just energy transition. Experts have issued an urgent call to tackle this pressing issue. The Expert Group on Preventing Corruption in Transition Minerals, which brings together perspectives from civil society,
Press Release N1 2025
“The African Coalition on Green Minerals expresses its concern about the lack of transparency in the process of drawing up the roadmap on energy transition minerals between the DRC and the EU. The African Coalition on Green Minerals (ACGM), which learned of the launch on 11 December 2024 of the roadmap between the Democratic Republic
Press release N°8 2025
AFREWATCH calls on the DRC authorities, in particular the National Minister of Mines and the Governor of Lualaba, to address the precarious and dangerous conditions of artisanal mining in this province. The African Resources Watch, AFREWATCH, an organization that promotes and defends human rights in the natural resources sector, is concerned about the repeated rockfalls
Press release N°04/AFREWATCH/2020
The Minister of Mines of the DRC should accelerate the finalisation of the measures for the application of the new Mining Code on CSR: mining royalties, cahier des charges and funding for community development. The African Resources Watch (AFREWATCH), a non-governmental organization working for the advancement of human rights in the natural resources sector, welcomes
Press release N°03/AFREWATCH/ July 2024
AFREWATCH welcomes the partnership between Société pour le Traitement du Terril de Lubumbashi (STL) and Umicore for the recycling of germanium from mining waste from the Lubumbashi Terril in the DRC and calls on both parties to be more transparent by publishing the agreement 60 days later. The African Natural Resources Observatory (AFREWATCH), a non-governmental
Press Release N°03 / 2025
AFREWATCH calls on the national and provincial authorities of Lualaba to put an end to threats of arrest against members of the Manomapia block in the commune of Fungurume and to enforce the regulations on compensation, relocation and resettlement. The African Natural Resources Observatory, AFREWATCH, a human rights organisation working in the natural resources sector,
Press Release N ̊ 2 2025
“The African Coalition on Green Minerals calls on the Congolese, Zambian, Angolan and American governments to make public the agreements on the Lobito Corridor. The African Coalition on Green Minerals welcomes the commitment of the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zambia, Angola and the United States in signing the “Lobito Corridor” agreements,
Press release : “361,000 children in the copper and cobalt mines of Haut Katanga and Lualaba in 2024: the civil society has reservations about the UNICEF figure and requests additional information”.
Congolese civil society has reservations about the figure of 361,000 put forward as the number of children working in copper and cobalt mines in the provinces of Haut Katanga and Lualaba, and is calling on UNICEF to check its statistics objectively with supporting sources. On the sidelines of DRC Mining Week, human rights organizations specializing
Pre-COP27 Side Event: DRC’s Role in Green, Equitable and Just Energy Transition
The Cobalt Institute’s event explored how the vision of the DRC to create a battery supply chain will bring us closer to the goals of the Paris Agreement, taking into account a just transition of the workforce and the creation of decent work and quality jobs in accordance with nationally defined development priorities. Lire la
Pour être performante EGC doit impérativement jouer la carte de la transparence
Les Organisations Membres de la Coordination des Organisations de la Société Civile, œuvrant pour la promotion de la gouvernance des Ressources Naturelles en RDC, saluent le lancement de l’Entreprise Générale du Cobalt (EGC) et y voient un pas important vers la formalisation et l’assainissement du secteur minier artisanal du cobalt. Cependant, elles exigent plus de
Afrewatch
Rapports Bulletin d’information UKWELI N°1 du 11/11/2019 Rapport alternatif sur l’EPU. La présence, le travail et l’exploitation des enfants dans
AFREWATCH organise Du 27 au 28 Mai 2021 au centre ARRUPE à Lubumbashi
“Un atelier de renforcement des capacités des communautés locales de l’entreprise minière CDM sur les droits de l’homme” Thème 1
AFREWATCH organise Du 27 au 28 Mai 2021 au centre ARRUPE à Lubumbashi
“Un atelier de renforcement des capacités des communautés locales de l’entreprise minière CDM sur les droits de l’homme” Thème 1
