Walikale Mass Rapes Between July 30 and August 2, 2010, an estimated 242 women were raped in a rebel attack on a group of villages near the mining town of Walikale, in North Kivu province, eastern DRC. The attackers were reportedly members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda

The investigation by campaign group Global Witness found major failures in the chain of custody for minerals produced in the provinces of North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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The Walikale-Hombo axis (approximately 40 km) is almost infeasible. Few trucks risk using this road, but accidents are common. The most frequently used and recommended modes of transportation are motorbikes, bicycles, or walking. From Walikale to Musenge it takes about 9 hours non-stop by motorbike.

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The advent of Alphamin BisieMining in Walikale in 2013 changed the situation, a few years after the launch of its exploitation phase of the Basie mine in 2019. Even before the start of this phase, the company began to carry out acts of development in the areas occupied by the communities impacted by this gigantic mining project.

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In September 2009, President Kabila suspended all mining activities in Walikale before the decision was expanded to South Kivu and Maniema provinces. Geenen (2012) ... (Congo Research Group, 2019; Diemel and Cuvelier, 2015: 155). In the Kivus, the presence of armed actors renders the full control of mining activities by state agents …

Coltan mining, trade and reforms in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Volume 56 Issue 3 ... Armed rebellion and military fragmentation in Walikale and Kalehe, North and South-Kivu'. London: RVI.Google Scholar. Vocke, M. & Oomes, N.. ... Miners focus group b, Kisengo and Mai-Baridi, 27.6.2013 and 18.7.2014.Google Scholar. …

"The mining royalty collected on the production of Alphamin Bisie Mining (ABM) is distributed in accordance with Article 526 of the Mining Regulations: 15% of this royalty is paid directly to the Account of the decentralized territorial entity in whose jurisdiction s mining operates, in this case the Wanianga sector, in the Walikale Territory ...

Bisie tin underground project is located in Walikale District, North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Alphamin Resources holds 80.75% stake in the project through its subsidiary Alphamin Bisie …

The Group has obtained a document issued by a local government official in Walikale detailing how Lt Col Bin Mashabi took control of the mine (Annex 66). The Group has obtained documents and testimonies from government mining officials in Walikale claiming that out of every 2,000 Congolese Francs taxed on each 50 kilogram sack of …

Posted at 09:04h in In the News by Alphamin Resources. The Bisie Tin Project is located approximately 60km north-west of Walikale Centre and 180km north-west of Goma, the capital of the North Kivu Province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project hosts two deposits namely the Mpama North and Mpama South, …

Until recently, Walikale town was controlled by the 212th brigade, led by Lt. Col. Yusuf Mboneza, an ex-CNDP commander still sympathetic towards Laurent Nkunda. He has deployed officers in various mining sites around Walikale, with orders to bring back a cut of the taxes on sales.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Miners in eastern Congo are seeking to go back to work in territory that has been under a mining ban for three years and is blacklisted by U.S. legislation, according to a petition made public Friday. Their petition, which calls for mines in Walikale territory to be allowed to restart production, was signed by five cooperatives of …

The NDC say they bear arms to protect ethnic Nyanga communities from armed groups, such as the FDLR. However, the UN Group of Experts say that the NDC competes for control of mineral-rich areas, such as the mine at Bisie, which holds vast resources of tin. NDC extorts all aspects of artisanal mining activities by imposing illegal …

the security situation prevailing at the Bisie mine, on the transport route and in Walikale territory from 2010 to the end of September 2015. The Security Report is intended as a reference for potential purchas - ... 1 Side meeting at the 8th ICGLR-OECD-UN Group of Experts Multi-stakeholder Forum, Minutes of the Meeting of Exchange

Americas Mining Corporation (AMC) is the mining subsidiary of Grupo Mexico S.A.B de C.V. and is engaged in the exploration, exploitation, purchase and sale of minerals, such as copper, molybdenum ...

Start of Production : H2 2019. Bisie tin underground project is located in Walikale District, North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Alphamin Resources holds 80.75% stake in the project through …

Bisie, Walikale Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo : Tin deposit located near the village of Manoire. Artisanal hard-rock tin mine discovered in 2004, located about 140km WNW of Goma. At the peak of production in 2008, it supplied up to 70% of ...

The killings have been committed in operations led by M23 officers Lt. Col. Eric Badege and Makoma Semivumbi in July and August 2012 in the minerals-rich territories of Masisi and Walikale in ...

A split in the leadership of Nduma défense du Congo- Rénové created two rival factions, triggering clashes across Walikale and Masisi territories, which fuelled sexual violence in areas of ...

Over the years, IPIS has systematically collected mine site and trade hub level data on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in eastern DRC. ... l'économie politique des barrages routiers à Walikale et Masisi (2017) ...

become the center of Co ngo's cassiterite mining. Walikale . sits at the ea stern edge of the Congo Ba sin, ... Sheka armed group, also k nown as Nduma Defens e Congo, occupied Bisie. 34 Its ...

Around the table that day were the economic operators in the mining sector, representatives from the public services, the army, researchers from North and South Kivu and delegates from the local cooperatives of artisanal diggers of Walikale. The successive presentations and discussions were extremely rich and inspirational for the team from the ...

Congolese blogger Alex Engwete writes about a new bill in the U.S. Senate to increase government oversight of American companies with mining interests in the Democratic Republic of Congo.. On April 23rd, Republican senator Sam Brownback introduced the Congo Conflict Minerals Act of 2009, cosponsored by senators Russ …

Bisie is a story of astonishing transformation. The Walikale territory has a difficult history primarily due to conflict minerals. Up to 16,000 people are said to have lived at Bisie supporting ~ 2,000 artisanal miners. The …

Walikale territory used to be inhabited by only 2% of North Kivu's population; however, since the start of artisanal mineral exploitation, the territory has experienced a multi-ethnic migratory influx, dominated by the Bashi ethnic group from around Bukavu in South Kivu, who have a history in mining, and who are predominantly drawn to ...

The UN researchers detailed, for example, how gold is taken to Rwanda from a large mining site controlled by the Congolese military and its militia allies in Walikale, in the eastern DRC, despite ...

The territory of Walikale located in the province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has produced 48,715.54 tonnes of tin since 2019 to date, informs Mrs. Antoinette N'Samba, Minister of …