This World Environment Day, we must reject false climate solutions that deepen inequality, fuel land grabs & displace communities.

Across Africa, health aid is being weaponized to secure mining deals & health data for US corporations. This extortion reveals that the emperor has no new clothes & must be countered by global outrage supporting African countries in standing against these exploitative bilateral health agreements!

@analysekritik.bsky.social - The Plunderers Pact - "US diplomacy in the Congo serves its own interests – to the detriment of millions of people affected by the conflict” - vital read from Tony Katende highlighting our critiques of the deal. @friendsofthecongo.org.web.brid.gy

78th Anniversary of Nakba 78 years of dispossession, apartheid, and occupation. Our tax dollars are still funding the weapons used by Israel to commit a genocide in Gaza, erase entire communities in Palestine and Lebanon.

"Elders warn ‘it will be the end of our people’ as Tanzania steadily forces the Masai out of Ngorongoro Crater, a gem on the tourist trail.” Vital read echoing our latest warning on President Samia’s escalating campaign to forcibly evict Maasai from their homelands to boost tourism:

“The deal made by Virtus, a newly created firm led by former US military and intelligence personnel, should raise serious concerns in a country where mining has long been a synonym of violence, exploitation, corruption, and devastating pollution.” news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

@witnessradio.bsky.social - U.S. Peace Efforts in the DRC: Protecting Communities or Minerals? witnessradio.org/u-s-peace-ef...

No Justice, No Accountability: Our Take on the Bank’s travesty in Tanzania. Huge gaps persist between the Bank’s claimed progress & the harsh reality facing communities on the ground:

Every time Trump attacks our freedoms, millions more Americans take to the streets to say NO KINGS. Let's make history on March 28 — I hope to see you at the protest in Oakland. app.sosha.ai/s/ypXr1aPA

Are you ready for the March 28 #NoKings National Day of Nonviolent Action? Grab your friends, family, & neighbors and check out these important trainings so you know your rights & can confidently talk to anyone about our movement! See you in our streets on March 28.

World Bank financed tourism expansion in Tanzania – but at what cost? Over 84k people now face eviction & live in destitution after the Bank’s failure failed to remedy harms caused by its REGROW project. Take action now – tell Ajay Banga to answer community demands!

Experts consulted by RFI call the Norwegian pension fund's decision a "big blow" that sends a strong message to markets and investors in Africa that ethics and international rules matter. ⤵️ @asso-sherpa.bsky.social @oaklandinstitute.org

Symbolic sanctions on Rwanda won't stop the mineral plunder fueling DRC's war. As long as the US props up Rwanda as a business hub for refinery & reexport of smuggled Congolese minerals, RDF/M23 have no incentive to return mines & lands: www.oaklandinstitute.org/press-releas...

“For too long, the Bolloré group has claimed it’s not responsible for the abuses we face around the Socfin plantations and as a result, the abuses have continued. This cannot go on.” - Félicité Ngo Bissou of the Association des Femmes Riveraines de Socapalm Edéa in Cameroon @grain.org

Major victory! Years of community resistance forces investors to act. Norwegian pension fund dumps Bolloré for human rights violations at its SOCFIN plantations: oaklandinstitute.org/public-state... Photo: TPOLS

Email Ajay Banga & call on the Bank fix the catastrophe it created:

@grain.org #Breaking World’s largest pension fund divests from Bolloré group due to unresolved concerns about “serious human rights violations” at Socfin, a plantation company partly owned by the group. farmlandgrab.org/post/33357

Stand with the people of Mbarali - call on Bank President Banga to answer community demands for the return of land & reparations: www.oaklandinstitute.org/take-action/...

@icij.org reports on new complaint filed by the Oakland Institute after the failure of the World Bank to provide redress for human-rights abuses & loss of livelihoods stemming from its tourism project. By ignoring the communities it has devastated, the Bank egregiously fails on accountability:

@survivalinternational.org @brettonwoodsproject.org @grain.org @changetanzania.bsky.social @mongabay.com @mwanzotv.bsky.social @theeastafricanbot.bsky.social @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social @rainforestrescue.bsky.social

World Bank cancelled its disastrous REGROW project in Tanzania – but 84,000+ villagers are STILL suffering. Killings. Livelihood destruction. Forced evictions. 👉 Add your voice - email World Bank President Ajay Banga to amplify community demands today: www.oaklandinstitute.org/take-action/...

The horrors being committed in eastern DRC by Rwanda's proxy rebel force, the M23. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

US Treasury sanctions Rwanda Defense Force & 4 top military officials - condemns "blatant violations of Washington Peace Accords." THREAD @friendsofthecongo.org.web.brid.gy @afrique.rfi.fr @melissaontheroad.bsky.social @world-beyond-war.bsky.social @dropsitenews.com @mittaloak.bsky.social

Read Our Take to understand why impunity continues & how powerful allies, regional politics & economic interests protect Rwanda & perpetuate the occupation and plundering of DRC👇

"Susan George exerted a rare form of intellectual influence. She was an independent scholar-activist whose work exposed the horrors of the global system and who relentlessly campaigned for progressive and just alternatives." Rest in Power Susan George. @tninstitute.bsky.social

In this episode of Spotlight on Africa, we're looking at the race for critical minerals on the continent: With Clionadh Raleigh, head of @acleddata.bsky.social, Frederic Mousseau from the @oaklandinstitute.org, and Akin Akin Adegoke, Chief Digital Officer at Lotus Bank. www.rfi.fr/en/podcasts/...

Must listen interview ft. Frederic Mousseau breaking down how the US–DRC Strategic Partnership Agreement violates Congo's laws to favor American mining interests & how Congolese human rights defenders are fighting back in the courts:

rfi.my/CS3o The African continent is rich in resources that are critical to the energy transition, as well as to the electronics and high-tech industries. It thus sits at the heart of a global competition. New podcast episode:

Join the Trade Justice Power Hour to learn how trade policy, corporate power, & geopolitics are shaping the clean energy transition & what it will take to build one that is truly just and sustainable. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📚 Lecturas recomendadas | Acuerdo EEUU-RD Congo Una obra sobre la desgraciada historia colonial del Congo, dos ensayos sobre minería y neocolonialismo, más el informe del @oaklandinstitute.org sobre la infamia del acuerdo firmado en Washington: www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/shafted 🇺🇸🤝🇨🇩

"The lawyers and human rights defenders who have filed the case are urging the mobilization of Congolese people to preserve the sovereignty of their nation and calling on the international community to support their action and defend international law at a time it is under unprecedented threat."

Join the Trade Justice Power Hour to learn how trade policy, corporate power, & geopolitics are shaping the clean energy transition & what it will take to build one that is truly just and sustainable. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Human rights defenders behind the landmark legal challenge against the US–DRC agreement call for a nationwide mobilization to defend Congolese sovereignty & urge the international community to support their legal action to uphold international law – at a moment of unprecedented threat. Learn more:

@mongabay.com @wsj.com @globalwitness.org @euobserver.com @james3neal.bsky.social @melissaontheroad.bsky.social @whatabouttheken.bsky.social @talkwithsaul.bsky.social @friendsofthecongo.org.web.brid.gy @afrique.rfi.fr @en.rfi.fr @mittaloak.bsky.social

Trump & Rubio are celebrating the 🇺🇸 US–🇨🇩 DRC Strategic Partnership in DC. But a closer look reveals how the deal locks in privileged access for US mining firms to Congo’s critical minerals, while promises of peace ring hollow as M23 occupies large swaths of mineral-rich eastern DRC.

Under the guise of peace & development, the US–DRC Strategic Partnership Agreement rewrites Congo’s laws to favor US mining interests. But Congolese lawyers are pushing back—taking the deal to court to defend sovereignty & constitutional order:

In a landmark legal action, Congolese lawyers file a constitutional challenge against the US–DRC Strategic Partnership Agreement – rising up against a deal that secures US access to Congo’s minerals but is a threat to its democracy & sovereignty: @friendsofthecongo.org.web.brid.gy

Rd/share timely article amplifying our research that revealed how the growing control of Ukraine’s farmland by oligarchs & agribusinesses threatens farmers, Europe’s food system and food sovereignty.

Breaking: After intense public pressure, the Senate voted down the DHS funding bill—blocking new funding for ICE & Border Patrol, for now. Our calls, emails & organizing are making an impact. But we can’t stop now - join the national shutdown Jan 30 No work. No School. No Shopping - Abolish ICE!

Minnesota Calling: National Shutdown! FRIDAY JANUARY 30 NO WORK NO SCHOOL NO SHOPPING STOP FUNDING ICE! Take action: nationalshutdown.org @mittaloak.bsky.social

@icegov.bsky.social has unleashed terror in our communities with their ruthless killings & by disappearing thousands. Funding ICE = endorsing violence & impunity. Take action today - tell your Senators to STOP Funding ICE! actionnetwork.org/letters/reje...

Share widely the statement from parents of Alex J. Pretti, Michael and Susan Pretti, about the ruthless execution of their son by ICE thugs in Minneapolis this weekend. He was NOT holding a gun as Trump administration will like us to believe. END THEIR LIES & ABOLISH ICE! @mittaloak.bsky.social

Why @paulkagame.bsky.social , president of Rwanda — a country 87x smaller than the DRC — can openly violate a peace deal he just signed with #tshisekedi – brokered by #Trump? Rd latest from Our Take to learn more: www.oaklandinstitute.org/our-take/wil... @friendsofthecongo.org.web.brid.gy

@mongabay.com: "Canceled tourism project still threatens local communities in Tanzania” Rd/share latest update on Bank's egregious failure to uphold commitments made to local communities decimated by REGROW project. @mittaloak.bsky.social

“Tanzania’s Democratic Erosion: A Call for Global Accountability - as violence & repression escalate under President Samia, the world can no longer afford to look away.” Rd/Share our urgent op-ed: thechanzo.com/2025/12/08/t...

Need for Immediate Action to the Tanzanian Government’s Full Descent into Violent Authoritarianism Full statement: www.oaklandinstitute.org/public-state...

🌍 Africa does not have huge tracts of “vacant” land - a myth used to fuel land grabs, ecological destruction & dispossession. Join us in person or online for our new myth-busting report launch at the Conference on Land Policy in Africa at 15:00 GMT+3: shorturl.at/y0Efa #AFSA @oaklandinstitute.org

The new Shafted report shows how the DRC-Rwanda deal entrenches exploitation, enriches elites & allows the brutal war to continue decimating countless lives. True justice will only come when Congolese communities set the terms for their own future: 🔗 www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/shafted

#Trump's failed “peace” deal was never about peace in the DRC. New report exposes the deal to be the latest US maneuver to control Congolese critical minerals – rewarding Rwanda & US firms while the war ravages lives. www.oaklandinstitute.org/report/shafted @mittaloak.bsky.social

¿Qué hay detrás del "acuerdo de paz" entre Congo y Ruanda mediado por Estados Unidos? El acceso a sus recursos minerales. Análisis desde el @oaklandinstitute.org