AVZ Discussion 2022
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*To add, If anyone missed it (Apologies if already Posted ) It's been a long Day / Week / Month / Year and i'mWe are determined to end the conflict in our country and use resources to get rid of it - President Tshisekedi
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President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC addressing the main debate of the 77th meeting of the UN General Assembly
20 September 2022
Tumeazimia kumaliza mzozo nchini mwetu na kutumia rasilimali kujikwamua- Rais Tshisekedi
Rais Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo wa Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo, DRC amehutubia mjadala mkuu wa Baraza Kuu la Umoja wa Mataifa jijini New York, Marekani ikigusia mambo kadhaa ikiwemo amani na usalama mashariki mwa taifa lake pamoja harakati za kuinua uchumi wa nchi kupitia rasilimali...news.un.org
Agreement between DRC and Zambia to process minerals without pollution
He said DRC is one of the main producers of important minerals in the transition period to get rid of fossil energy. Minerals such as Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel, Manganese, and have decided to process these minerals without damaging the environment, and so in April this year, DRC and Zambia signed an agreement to establish a value chain in the electric battery sector and the safe energy sector.
He said considering the size of the project, the participation of partners especially in capital and technology will be important
United Nations: Félix Tshisekedi pleads for climate justice
"To date, the impact of climate change on low-income economies is well established. Low emitters of greenhouse gases on a global scale, however, these economies, including the DRC, pay the heaviest price".
This is in summary, the plea of President Félix Tshisekedi before the world political authorities gathered in New York, in the United States, this Tuesday, September 20, during his speech at the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations.
Emphasizing the need to translate into action the promises made to African countries at the various climate conferences, Felix Tshisekedi recalled "that it was time to put an end to the selective execution of commitments made by polluters, but also to compensate, in the name of climate justice, the efforts made by less polluting countries, particularly those in Africa, to preserve the environment in the interest of the whole planet”.
On the subject of the energy transition, the Congolese President did not hesitate to recall the strategic double hat of the DRC with regard to its assets in biodiversity and its key mineral resources, including cobalt and lithium.
“As for the energy transition, Africa has enough renewable energy sources and raw materials that can contribute to the mobilization of credible alternatives to the dual energy and ecological crisis.
From this point of view, it is important to note that the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the main producers of strategic ore essential to the energy transition and the decarbonization of the transport sector, including in particular Cobalt, Lithium, Nickel as well as than manganese.
My country has set itself the goal of producing the said minerals properly for this purpose,” he said.
For Felix Tshisekedi, harnessing the energy and environmental potential of the DRC in the fight against climate change and the energy transition goes hand in hand with lasting peace in the east of the country.
"The time has come to break forever the infernal cycle of violence in eastern DRC to stabilize the Great Lakes region in order to derive the greatest benefit from its economic potential as well as its rich biodiversity to save the humanity in the face of climate change. he said.
It should be recalled that in view of the difficulties experienced by developing countries, including African countries, in the fight against climate change and the efforts they must make to green their economies, the international community had promised financial assistance up to 100 billion USD per year.
To date, only 20 billion has been provided to Africa between 2016 and 2019.
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Winenut
GO AVZ!!!!
Bots and trolls have zero sense of humour....DRC Battery Council
BOSCH is a Member and AVZ Minerals
DRC wants to value-add mining and more importantly, is expecting it.
Manono Special Economic Zone
Part of the 1 billion towards battery cell production? / Hydroxide Plant??
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Agree 100%
To my little mind it also suggests that China is out of ideas regarding the maintenance of this illegal charade.
Same old lies- not even new lies
Bin59
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Thanks very much Lichione, I wasn’t confident the link would work, but it actually blocks
of the discord posts. 
Hemicuda
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Thanks mate works a treat
Mickyb64
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Hi Frank, does he actually mention AVZ in the speech? I've tried to listen and use translation but I can't work it out.
Sammy_da_Smile
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Whole speech is here and even translated.
Don't think there is a mention of lithium, but I heard Cobalt and Copper mentioned
Mickyb64
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Whole speech is here and even translated.
Don't think there is a mention of lithium, but I heard Cobalt and Copper mentioned
Thanks Sam
I think she's referring to more drilling
Samus
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speech after speech after speech. Meetings and meetings that have been going on for years. The government does not seem to succeed in organizing the Manono mining permit. What good is having all these resources if they are not used.
Mickyb64
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speech after speech after speech. Meetings and meetings that have been going on for years. The government does not seem to succeed in organizing the Manono mining permit. What good is having all these resources if they are not used.
It's not worth shit until they dig it up.
Samus
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Can't we just write off the duffel bags as corporate expenses and be done with it?
Here ya go Felix, here you go Jean.
A few paper bags for the others.
Here you go mom and adèle.
One for all the judges and the guys at Cominière.
Can probably fit half a Mil in the larger brown bags.
Hell sign me up for the cap raise if it gets things moving.
Every one of them is probably sitting there thinking - we're ready to go for 12 months so where the hell are my snacks??
Transparency Int'l11 July 2019
Picture a sinking ship in which a large group of people are fighting for a few, increasingly torn life jackets. Something similar is happening in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at every point in a chain of bribe-taking that stretches from the lowest public officials to the top of the government. The DRC’s people are being harmed by a semi-official culture, known as “débrouillez-vous” (fend for yourself).
It comes as little surprise that the Congolese see institutions like the police, the judiciary and the government as full of corruption, nor sadly, that less than a third think that ordinary people can make a difference in the fight against corruption.
These findings are far worse than in most other African countries: slightly over half of all Africans think that corruption is getting worse, while 28 per cent of Africans have to pay bribes for public services.
Why is corruption so prevalent in the DRC, why is bribery so commonplace and why do two thirds of citizens feel powerless?
The DRC’s leaders tend to drive corruption rather than try to clean it up. This is done through patronage networks where those with power give others jobs and contracts in exchange for bribes. This makes the powerful very rich — former President Joseph Kabila owns more than 80 companies and 71,000 hectares of farmland — and means that poorly paid low level officials have to demand bribes to survive.
This act of preying on the people with less power is made more aggressive by job insecurity; leaders tend to strategically and regularly fire public officials to stop them from getting too much power. This encourages many officials to grab as much money as they can — through bribes and also embezzlement — as quickly as possible.
They are able to do so undetected and with impunity because the DRC’s institutions are frequently not transparent — the state-owned oil company Cohyrdo is one of the world’s least transparent state-owned companies — and have low capacity to effectively monitor and manage their activities. This has led to hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure loans from the Chinese government going missing, for example.
The chances of officials being sanctioned for corruption are further reduced by the DRC’s anti-corruption framework being very poorly implemented. Laws criminalising public sector corruption and requiring officials to report any bribery are rarely acted on, and any well-connected official who is prosecuted for corruption can expect an acquittal, as the judiciary is controlled by politicians and bribes.
The DRC’s 10 million market sellers are one of many demographics who get asked for bribes on a regular basis. A market seller’s drive to pick up goods might involve a traffic police officer demanding a bribe, an army run roadblock taking some of those goods and then a local government official requiring an unofficial tax to let the market seller trade.
Local and provincial governments are known to demand hundreds of types of taxes, frequently for services that aren’t delivered. Many officials also pocket — and then bribe superiors with — large proportions of the taxes that they collect. Additionally, their need to deliver sufficient tax revenues to government accounts, whilst taking tax money for themselves, means that officials tax impoverished Congolese citizens at very high rates, taking 40 to 50 per cent of their income.
There are, unfortunately, several reasons why two thirds of citizens don’t feel like they can make a difference against corruption: their votes are apparently not being counted in elections; the reported landslide winner of the 2018 general elections, Martin Fayulu, did not become president. Instead Felix Tshisekedi became president after an election involving many irregularities. Citizens are discouraged by protesters and opposition politicians being violently suppressed, and worry that the culture of fending for yourself is too deeply ingrained in their society.
www.transparency.org
Here ya go Felix, here you go Jean.
A few paper bags for the others.
Here you go mom and adèle.
One for all the judges and the guys at Cominière.
Can probably fit half a Mil in the larger brown bags.
Hell sign me up for the cap raise if it gets things moving.
Every one of them is probably sitting there thinking - we're ready to go for 12 months so where the hell are my snacks??
WHY DO DRC CITIZENS REPORT SUCH HIGH LEVELS OF CORRUPTION?
Transparency Int'l11 July 2019
Picture a sinking ship in which a large group of people are fighting for a few, increasingly torn life jackets. Something similar is happening in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at every point in a chain of bribe-taking that stretches from the lowest public officials to the top of the government. The DRC’s people are being harmed by a semi-official culture, known as “débrouillez-vous” (fend for yourself).
What the Congolese think about corruption & bribery
In our survey of 47,000 citizens in 35 African countries, the Global Corruption Barometer, we asked DRC citizens about their views on and experiences of corruption. Eighty-five per cent said that corruption is increasing, 80 per cent said that the government is doing a bad job at tackling it, and 80 per cent said they need to pay bribes for public services, like the police, water supply and identification documents.It comes as little surprise that the Congolese see institutions like the police, the judiciary and the government as full of corruption, nor sadly, that less than a third think that ordinary people can make a difference in the fight against corruption.
These findings are far worse than in most other African countries: slightly over half of all Africans think that corruption is getting worse, while 28 per cent of Africans have to pay bribes for public services.
Why is corruption so prevalent in the DRC, why is bribery so commonplace and why do two thirds of citizens feel powerless?
The state of corruption in the DRC
A range of factors contribute to the DRC’s high corruption levels. Weak democracy allows corrupt politicians to maintain power, while ineffective institutions give opportunities for corruption rather than preventing it. People who expose or oppose corrupt systems are suppressed. The country also has low levels of stateness, a key tool that undemocratic regimes can use against corruption: the government doesn’t control its own army, competes for local power with many militias and has little control of movement through its eastern borders.The DRC’s leaders tend to drive corruption rather than try to clean it up. This is done through patronage networks where those with power give others jobs and contracts in exchange for bribes. This makes the powerful very rich — former President Joseph Kabila owns more than 80 companies and 71,000 hectares of farmland — and means that poorly paid low level officials have to demand bribes to survive.
This act of preying on the people with less power is made more aggressive by job insecurity; leaders tend to strategically and regularly fire public officials to stop them from getting too much power. This encourages many officials to grab as much money as they can — through bribes and also embezzlement — as quickly as possible.
They are able to do so undetected and with impunity because the DRC’s institutions are frequently not transparent — the state-owned oil company Cohyrdo is one of the world’s least transparent state-owned companies — and have low capacity to effectively monitor and manage their activities. This has led to hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure loans from the Chinese government going missing, for example.
The chances of officials being sanctioned for corruption are further reduced by the DRC’s anti-corruption framework being very poorly implemented. Laws criminalising public sector corruption and requiring officials to report any bribery are rarely acted on, and any well-connected official who is prosecuted for corruption can expect an acquittal, as the judiciary is controlled by politicians and bribes.
Citizens footing the bill
Whether it’s through slowed development or bribe-taking, it is ordinary citizens who suffer.The DRC’s 10 million market sellers are one of many demographics who get asked for bribes on a regular basis. A market seller’s drive to pick up goods might involve a traffic police officer demanding a bribe, an army run roadblock taking some of those goods and then a local government official requiring an unofficial tax to let the market seller trade.
Local and provincial governments are known to demand hundreds of types of taxes, frequently for services that aren’t delivered. Many officials also pocket — and then bribe superiors with — large proportions of the taxes that they collect. Additionally, their need to deliver sufficient tax revenues to government accounts, whilst taking tax money for themselves, means that officials tax impoverished Congolese citizens at very high rates, taking 40 to 50 per cent of their income.
There are, unfortunately, several reasons why two thirds of citizens don’t feel like they can make a difference against corruption: their votes are apparently not being counted in elections; the reported landslide winner of the 2018 general elections, Martin Fayulu, did not become president. Instead Felix Tshisekedi became president after an election involving many irregularities. Citizens are discouraged by protesters and opposition politicians being violently suppressed, and worry that the culture of fending for yourself is too deeply ingrained in their society.
What’s next for the DRC?
The Congolese can change their country and Felix Tshisekedi’s government has a chance to bring integrity to the DRC. It should start by strengthening democracy with a free press and judiciary, and full political rights. Tshisekedi must also adequately fund independent anti-corruption agencies, and fully implement the DRC’s anti-corruption framework. This will help strengthen its institutions while ensuring that state funds aren’t embezzled, procurement is ethical and corrupt acts are punished.GCB
Why do DRC citizens report such high levels of corruption? - Blog
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