Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

The Impact of Cobalt Extraction on the Congo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
24 Feb 2023
🖨️ Print Article

Black Agenda Radio · The Impact of Cobalt Extraction on the Congo

Maurice Carney is Executive Director of Friends of the Congo. He joins us to discuss cobalt, one of Congo’s mineral resources and one that plays a large role in green energy projects. But Congo’s wealth is not a boon to its people. Maurice Carney joins us from Washington.

DRC
Friends of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo
Cobalt
Artisanal mining
Congo mineral wealth

More Stories


  • COP 29
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    COP29 and Climate Agreement Failure
    22 Nov 2024
    Anthony Rogers-Wright provides his analysis of the latest United Nations climate change summit, COP29, now being held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
  • Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
    Biden Leaves Office But Risks War with Russia
    20 Nov 2024
    Democrats are in a collective state of panic because Donald Trump is returning to the presidency. But Joe Biden is escalating conflict in the Ukraine proxy war against Russia and endangering the…
  • Editors, The Black Agenda Review
    ESSAY: Revolution and the Negro, CLR James, 1939
    20 Nov 2024
    Haiti’s Battle of Vertières reminds us that resistance is not futile, that victory will come.
  • Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
    It’s not you, it’s CAPITALISM
    20 Nov 2024
    Malaika Jabali’s book explains our toxic relationship with capitalism and says it’s time to break up.
  • Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
    Imperialism and the Destabilization of the Alliance of Sahel States
    20 Nov 2024
    Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger remain targets of the western capitalist mining firms and their state sponsors.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us