The Pamoja Critical Minerals Alliance (PCMA) Zimbabwe Stands with Zambia after Chambishi Tailings Disaster
The Pamoja Critical Minerals Alliance (PCMA) Zimbabwe Chapter has issued a solidarity statement following the 18 February 2025 environmental disaster in Zambia’s Chambishi Multi-Facility Economic Zone. The incident — caused by the collapse of a Sino-Metals Leach tailings dam —…
DRC–Rwanda Peace Accord: Mineral Governance Under Scrutiny
The new Washington-brokered DRC–Rwanda peace accord has raised alarms among civil society and mining justice actors. While presented as a pathway to regional stability, the accord includes controversial mineral supply chain management clauses. Critics warn it risks undermining Congolese sovereignty,…
Citizen reporting for better mining in Africa
At the Alternative Mining Indaba held in February in Cape Town, South Africa, Deprose Muchena, Board Chairperson of Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW), cited the extractive industry’s legacy of human rights abuses and environmental violations, long coupled with exclusion and…