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As governments and corporations scramble to secure critical minerals, a new Oakland Institute report exposes the forces fueling today’s unprecedented mining boom. RUSH: Global Scramble for Minerals Wages War on People and Planet dismantles the dominant narrative that massive amounts of minerals are needed for the energy transition, revealing instead a potent convergence of political, military, and corporate interests racing to control the resources that underpin modern warfare and artificial intelligence.

In reports submitted on March 12, 2026 to Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, commissions tasked to assess land disputes in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) and review resettlement plans, dismissed rights of the Indigenous Maasai to their ancestral lands. They instead advance recommendations that further marginalize their rights in order to expand safari tourism.

On March 2, 2026, the US Treasury imposed sanctions on the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and four of its senior officials following their “blatant violations of the Washington Peace Accords” signed between Rwanda and the DRC in December 2025.

Le 2 mars 2026, le Trésor américain a imposé des sanctions aux Forces de défense rwandaises (FDR) et à quatre de leurs hauts responsables suite à leurs « violations flagrantes des accords de paix de Washington » signés entre le Rwanda et la RDC en décembre 2025.

Communities are demanding respect of Ruaha National Park’s 1998 borders, suspension of livelihood restrictions, basic public services to be resumed, and comprehensive justice and reparations for victims. Answering their call for international mobilization to support their demands, the Oakland Institute has launched a call for action towards the President of the World Bank.

Dans une pétition historique déposée en janvier 2026, des avocats et des défenseurs des droits humains congolais contestent la constitutionnalité de l'Accord de partenariat stratégique RDC-États-Unis signé le 4 décembre 2025 à Washington, D.C.

In a landmark legal action in January 2026, Congolese lawyers and human rights defenders filed a constitutional challenge against the US-DRC Strategic Partnership Agreement, signed on December 4, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Addis Ababa – As African leaders, policymakers and researchers gather for the Sixth Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA), civil society groups are issuing a powerful challenge to the dominant development model that treats African land as “vacant,” “underused,” and open for exploitation.New evidence shows how this myth fuels large-scale land grabs, ecological destruction, and community dispossession across the African continent.

New report from the Oakland Institute details how US-brokered “peace” deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the latest US maneuver to control Congolese critical minerals.

Un nouveau rapport soulève de sérieuses inquiétudes sur l'accord de « paix » signé entre le Rwanda et la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) sous l’égide des États-Unis.Le soutien de longue date des États-Unis au Rwanda a fait du pays une plaque tournante pour l'exportation de minerais congolais de contrebande et a permis au M23 de s'emparer d’importants territoires et sites miniers.L’analyse des données de la dernière décennie sur le commerce du coltan entre les États-Unis, le Rwanda et la RDC révèle le rôle clé des États-Unis dans