Fatal Transactions

From Fatal to Fair Transactions

Fatal Transactions is dedicated to transform Fatal Transactions into Fair Transactions: Transactions that truly contribute to sustainable peace and reconstruction in Africa.

The wars in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Angola have come to an end. The populations are now struggling to rebuild their countries. Although the largest part of the DRC has known relative peace for the last year, continued fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) threatens the country’s fragile peace. Networks of (illegal) exploitation safeguard the continuing pillage of the country’s wealth.

Fatal Transactions is an international network of NGO’s who believe that the natural richness of Africa, be it gold, diamonds, oil or copper, can be a motor behind development and growth instead of a source of conflict. Revenues from natural resources often stimulate or continue conflict and human rights violations. In the mean time only companies, some individuals and corrupt governments profit while the local population hardly benefit from their countries’ natural wealth.

Fatal Transactions gathers information, organises events and does research. Thus Fatal Transactions can show the public the link between conflict and human rights violations in resource extraction- and consumer goods. And also acts as a critical watchdog towards governments, companies and international institutes to lobby for more corporate social responsibility.