A good announcement from DRC/AVZ seems like it could go some way to appease these people. Massive volumes of PLS coming out of Manono along with the infrastructure, logistics, social benefits ecetera
Hurry the fuck up
Kalemie: young people demonstrate to demand the installation of the lithium battery manufacturing plant in Tanganyika
Published on Mon, 24/10/2022 - 13:55 | Modified on Mon, 24/10/2022 - 14:32
Young people from the city of Kalemie in Tanganyika are marching in protest, Monday, October 24, 2022, against the installation of the lithium battery manufacturing plant outside their province.
Radio Okapi/Ph. Paulin Munanga
Young people from the Tanganyika provincial council demonstrated this Monday, October 24 in Kalemie (Tanganyika) to demand the establishment of the electric battery manufacturing plant in the province of Tanganyika and not elsewhere.
The march started at Place Kisebwe in Kalemie. On the banner, held by the demonstrators, one could read: “No exploitation of the lithium of Manono without the factory of manufacture of the batteries in Tanganyika”.
Lithium, one of the materials used in the manufacture of these batteries is found in the territory of Manono in Tanganyika.
This protest march by young people in Kalemie comes nearly six months after Zambia and the DRC signed an agreement in Lusaka for the joint manufacture of electric batteries. According to this agreement, which dates from April 29, this factory will be installed in the province of Haut-Katanga.
The demonstrators, about sixty in total, headed for the offices of the Provincial Assembly of Tanganyika where the police were waiting for them, who dispersed them with tear gas.
But, they reorganized and managed to read their memorandum in front of the president of the Provincial Assembly. The latter promised the demonstrators to send their demands to the authorities in Kinshasa.
Des jeunes du conseil provincial du Tanganyika ont manifesté ce lundi 24 octobre à Kalemie(Tanganyika) pour revendiquer l’implantation de l’usine de fabrication des batteries électriques dans la province du Tanganyika et non ailleurs. La marche a débuté au niveau de la place Kisebwe à Kalemie...
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