Browsing: Exploitation

Maurice Carney, co-founder and executive director of Friends of the Congo (@congofriends), argued on Episode 18 of our ‘Pan-African Attitude’ podcast that Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame,…

In this week’s ‘Wednesday Wisdom,’ Argentina-born Cuban revolutionary and ally to the African struggle for liberation, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara (1928-67), reminds us that the Congo problem…

Where can the women of Sudan find safety? As they flee the horrors of a proxy war, women and girls are not only forced to flee…

All eyes on Congo! That’s the message from African Stream Editor-in-Chief Ahmed Kaballo (@ahmedkaballo on X) as the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group intensifies its destructive campaign…

Incarcerated individuals are risking their lives fighting the fires that have rocked Los Angeles, California, yet are barely receiving fair compensation, with wages that don’t reflect…

‘Who did you exploit today?’ That’s what Tahmel Morton asks men working on Wall Street in New York. Filmed as a comedy sketch for the MTV2…

We all know Africa is essentially being plundered though exploitative mineral-extraction deals. But what would you think if you learned that not only are non-Africans reaping…

‘Going green’ has long been a buzz phrase – bandied about ever more in recent years in connection with technologies like electric vehicles. However, the human…

Did you know that your Tesla, your iPhone or even your favourite Google product may have all been paid for with the lives of children worked…

Israeli businessman Dan Gertler is a prominent figure in the exploitation and control of mineral resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), reportedly earning about…