On today’s show, independent policy think tank the Oakland Institute has come out with a new report about land grabbing and mineral grabbing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo entitled, “Shafted: The Scramble for Minerals in the DRC”.  I’ll speak to policy director Frederic Mousseau about the findings from their in depth report.


A Rude Awakening

The Basandja Coalition

On today’s show, delegates from the Basandja Coalition based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are half-way through an eight-city U.S. tour.  I’ll speak to Marie Claire Faray and Basandja founder Samuel Yagase about the tour and the climate crisis.  This trip was sponsored by Maurice Carney, executive director of Friends of the Congo.