Human rights abuses in the mining industry in Africa: An exploration of how companies exploit local communities in Walikale Territory, North Kivu, DRC.

• In Event: Africa in the Global Political Economy

Brief Overview

This presentation is a culmination of roughly a month's fieldwork in Eastern DRC's Walikale Territory. I gained new insights into how mining companies avoid both local and home accountability.

Author

• Everisto Benyera, University of South Africa