Rethinking the Conflict Minerals Paradigm

On this week's episode, Sarah sits down with two members of the University of Ghent's Conflict Research Group, Josaphat Musamba and Christoph Vogel, to discuss 'conflict minerals' in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  The phrase ‘conflict minerals’ arose from well-intentioned Western organizations aiming to alleviate conflict and conflict financing in the Global South. But in the past two decades, conflict has continued, and new issues have arisen from the adoption of so-called 'clean' mining policies.

For more information, check out Josaphat and Christoph's article in Dissent. Information on Christoph's forthcoming book Conflict Minerals, Inc.: War, Profit and White Saviourism in Eastern Congo, is available here.