2008

BICC organised a workshop ' Resources, Conflict, and the role of the Media' at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum, 2-4 June Bonn.

Fatal Transactions' partner groundWork in South Africa has actively joined the coalition called “Global Action on ArcelorMittal” to collectively raise the issues and problems associated with ArcelorMittal’s steel plants.

A new publication on Congo's mining is out now. Besides a short overview of the Congolese history of the mining industry, it contains beautiful pictures and personal testimonies.

Fatal Transactions' partners Broederlijk Delen, NiZA in cooperation with Commision Justice et Paix, invite you to the presentation of the brochure: "Is Congo Undermining it's future?".

On Thursday 29th of May, IKV Pax Christi and NiZA organize a public debate on the role of China in resource exploitation in Africa. The debate will take place in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

The international campaign A Fair Share for Congo! published the latest update on the progress of the Congolose mining contracts review.

Fatal Transactions partner IKV Pax Christi has finalised a dossier on oil in Sudan for information-sharing and awareness-raising in Sudan together with an oil-map which gives insight in which oil companies exploit what areas in Sudan (related to ECOS)

Congolese and international non-governmental organisations today welcomed the publication of the review of mining contracts by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and called on the government to ensure that the renegotiation of contracts is conducted openly and fairly.

On 12 March 2008, BICC presented a new English data base service, the Resource Conflict Monitor (RCM). With the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BICC experts have been able to develop a data base on 90 resource-rich countries, which over the past eleven years gives an insight into the effects of resource governance on the relationship between natural resources and violent conflict.

Fatal Transactions member IPIS presented the results of their recently published report ‘Mapping Conflict Motives: Eastern DRC’, in the DRC. The findings and conclusions were presented to NGO’s, MONUC and embassies in Kinshasa as well as interested local media.