DRC: US-Funded Clean Minerals Project Raises Concerns in Congo

Sep 27, 2019 | Pratima Desai and Aaron Ross, Reuters
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Democratic Republic of Congo plans to look into potential conflicts of interest in a US-funded project to certify mines that produce minerals such as gold and tin responsibly, a Congolese official told Reuters. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is using non-governmental organisation Pact to help the Congolese government identify which sites are free of human rights abuses, such as child labour, and don’t fund conflicts.