Democratic Republic of Congo
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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Contacts
Yves Bawa
country director
ybawa@pactworld.org
Nikita Gurudas
senior program specialist
ngurudas@pactworld.org
Fact Sheet
Mines to Markets
May 15, 2018
For more than a decade, Pact has been helping resource-dependent communities to gain lasting benefits from the more sustainable use of the natural resources around them. Mines to Markets...
Report
The gender dimensions of 3Ts in the Great Lakes region
September 11, 2017
Mining of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (3TGs) in the Great Lakes Region of Africa holds much promise to lead to economic, social and political transformation, although its development potential...
Report
Children out of mining
May 11, 2016
Around the world, more than 168 million children engage in work that deprives them of their childhood and is harmful to their physical and mental development. Those who work in the mining sector...
Fact Sheet
Mines to Markets in the Democratic Republic of Congo
October 5, 2015
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, vast natural resources in minerals offer communities the prospect of real economic benefit, but their high value also attracts unregulated exploitation....
Report
Unconflicted: Conflict-free mining in the DRC, Rwanda and Burundi
July 15, 2015
Throughout Africa’s Great Lakes region, the international community has closely watched, and regulated, the extraction and sale of conflict minerals – tin, tungsten tantalum (3Ts) and gold – in the...
Report
Breaking the chain: Ending the supply of child-mined minerals
October 1, 2014
Across the world, 168 million children are engaged in work that deprives them of their childhood. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, artisanal and small-scale mining...