Don't sex workers usually show up in mining towns ?
Let's take a look at Kamituga..
Let's take a look at Kamituga..
"Kamituga is a mining town in the Mwenga Territory, South Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo."..
commercial gold exploitation really .. started in the 1930s when Belgian company Minière des Grands Lacs Africains (MGL) or Great Lakes Mining Company started there..
congoinconversation.fondationcarmignac.com
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researchgate.net
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Figure 1: Mining exploration and exploitation permits in South-Kivu
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Congoβs Gold Curse Continues
South Kivu Province, March 2021. A woman pans for gold at a mine called D3 in Kamituga. Β© Moses Sawa...
"The muddy slopes on the hills surrounding the eastern Congolese gold mining town of Kamituga are home to both vast wealth and crippling deprivation."..
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Located in South Kivu province near the borders with Rwanda and Burundi, Kamituga sits in an area with mineral resources estimated to be worth $24 trillion in untapped deposits..
"Yet Congo has one of the lowest levels of GDP per capita in the world, and subsistence artisanal miners toil in dangerous conditions with little hope of scratching out anything more than a meager existence."..
Uh huh..π§πͺ..
Uh huh..π§πͺ..
"This longstanding disparity has only grown as the coronavirus pandemic pushed up the worldwide gold price to its highest value ever last August ($2,048 an ounce)."..π€
"Meanwhile, local prices offered from buyers in Africa went down, according to The Africa Report, reflecting the imbalance in an international supply chain that exploits poor workers at the source of wealth."..
theafricareport.com
theafricareport.com
"The miners face plenty of risks excavating the gold β 50 artisanal miners died in a mine collapse at Kamituga last yearβ while access to health care and education for children is virtually non-existent."..
Where is the WHO?
mining.com
Where is the WHO?
mining.com
"Heavy metals such as mercury, which is used to separate gold particles from mud, can enter into the water table and food chain, poisoning miners. And with much of the local population working the mines, few are left to farm and grow crops, leading to
inflated food prices and widespread malnutrition."
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"Kamituga has been a mining town since the 1920s, when large quantities of gold were discovered there, and a succession of big companies arrived."..
Yes, can we get to those please..
Yes, can we get to those please..
"The Kivu Mining Society (SOMINKI) and the Canadian company Banro Corporation, which has the principal mining concession in the town, control most of South Kivuβs gold deposits."..
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Didn't Hillary's bro, Tony Rodham, own a mining company in Haiti?
Weird.
Let's continue..
Weird.
Let's continue..
"Banro Corporationβs activities were suspended in September 2019 due to rebel militia activity in the province. Banro has traditionally allowed some small-scale artisanal mining, but has discouraged mechanized efforts to extract gold."..
"For years, Eastern DRC has been embroiled in one of the most murderous and complex conflicts in Africa. National forces, local fighters and FOREIGN-BACKED militias have piled in, battling for political control, resources, borders & ethnic identity."..π€
theafricareport.com
theafricareport.com
Fascinating article:
"Want To Understand The Spread Of Disease In Africa? Follow The Gun Shots" by Kwezi Tabaro
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"Want To Understand The Spread Of Disease In Africa? Follow The Gun Shots" by Kwezi Tabaro
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Note the location of Kamituga , close to the borders of Rwanda and Burundi and their game reserves.π
Which other organisation likes to set up shop in these types of areas?
Which other organisation likes to set up shop in these types of areas?
Those at the front of the class will have already piped up: The WWF
"Dutch Attorney J. Wilgers "It is known that in the past SAS units of the British army have been flown into South-Africa and were stationed on territory controlled by the WWF with the purpose of conducting military operations.""
You don't say..
You don't say..
Are you beginning to understand why a dig is needed on monkeypox, I mean, mpox?
Monkeys? I mean, Rodents?
Follow the science chiquitos, follow the Science.
Monkeys? I mean, Rodents?
Follow the science chiquitos, follow the Science.
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