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a blessing or a kiss on a different lot. we take a cultural tall around miami with africa. s, blessed with many natural resources. take, for instance, that democratic republic of coal in a suspect that to be the global leader in the supply of lithium, which is used in mobile form, an electric car batteries. other countries have abundant mineral resources. so why is a continent not prospering? let's find out. from ashanti, golden west africa to diamonds and south africa. human beings have exploited africa's precious minerals for centuries. nowadays, as well, materials run out elsewhere. african mining exploration is booming. africa as home, some of the world biggest mineral produces from africa for platinum, dorsey,

for cobalt and colton. and put, swanner is number 2 worldwide for diamonds. but with such abundant mineral resources, why are african countries not richer? here are some reasons. most mining operations of foreign run apart from south africa, which has its own mining industry, corruption, and weak states means local communities really benefit and human rights are ignored . what's more short sighted mining practices leave the lance guard and water poisoned. left minerals are rarely refined locally the exported rule at a lower price, while large profits are made elsewhere. the so called result curse has led to conflict displacement and leaves local communities fighting for scraps. now i want to take you deeper into their minds and our journey starts in kimberly, south africa. this town is known for 3 things. that big hall dusty, abundant dime on mine that you're seeing right behind me. and secondly, is

a place in which former colonizer, so ross established a waltz biggest dime one fam, dubious. and thirdly is a town where dime won't produce in countries, sat down and came up with a rules that prevent the industrial from finance and conflicts. i know it's a lot of history, but one dime wants me to. kimberly, today, let's find out. in south africa, more and more desperate men and women try their luck, digging up gold and diamonds. a risky and often fatal quest. the coleman said the legal, but does morales can me bring changes too? to me, my family. oh, quite what is required of mine with my brother ponies, with my dis, our black people's minds to swing with them. k to the others. did you little kid? we killed one to really good life in kimberly,

once the site of the biggest diamond russian history mines up close to down and left people jobless to day, thousands of our tis no miners like label fung, and patrick sit through the leftovers. they call themselves the amazon us as zulu word, meaning those who try and try it's hard for us to. we don't have a choice. i'd leg days, no jobs. what will we do? so it's, this is our job. this is how we make living. even though it takes a long time to get out, but if we get it, then we know many things are thought out. you can come to day, pick up a 40 carrot and then your life changes automatically because of you'll be having millions and then with that money, can you face out of 30000 are tis no mine is in south africa. if most are illegal, many belong to criminal syndicates, where extortion and violence occurred daily. why ill?

williams, an artist no mining activist from the northern cape youth and geo helps young's amazon has gauged the value and sell their stones better under the current law. that's tricky, emma goes up. the market is actually designed in a way that, you know, it, it marginalizes the 30th amazon must out. it keeps them out. because, you know, we don't have that much laws. they do to help us to, to sell our stones in the private market. so we tend to, you know, just go back into the barrel, black market, zelma z m, as can work legally. the batch of pillow cooperative in kimberly, is south africa's 1st attempt to bring illegal minus into the formal sector. they can legally mine on a 50 hector plot near the city, but after 3 years of not finding a single stone label hung and patrick left. the government supported co operative aims to stop violence and provide livelihoods. but since it started 2 years ago,

continuous violence has plagued by 2 paley with diamond mine as fighting over the best places to dig. now, government does not grant any more concessions or allow other cooperatives to form the government than not put in effort to help us to grow in autism. maybe it is like the want to see autism maybe fee and is kind it is $11.00, but will never go to allow the government but without more co operatives. the local cutting and polishing industry also suffers osi gym to the small diamond, cutting company kimberly specializing ethically source to gemstones. if it is known, mining cooperative, adhered to good environmental and so social standards, osi gems would buy their stones. it wants to see minors in their families, profit directly from sales we really see potentially in terms of

especially in their fest the world they're the people who are more interested in buying dam was that dumb mind by not in my in us. so i think if would be, can be a proper structure in terms of small them when cutting and punishing factors accessing those damn ones. the future can be, can be very, very good. yet before this can happen, mining activists williams believes that miners and carpet as must make up and instead fight for better working conditions. currently, the butter pillar, cooperative ripped in membership fees and a 2 percent cut of each diamond sale without supporting its members. a lot more can be done, you know, not by the government, but us, our house, you know, just by, by helping ourselves outwards tunes. you know, in the, at the, at the feeling elicit mineral, trading in south africa, is estimated to be worth 1200000000 euros money that feeds thousands of households

and fields. a large, exploitative black market. when it comes to diamonds, many young people prefer bigger ones, the bigger their better. but always think about where your time one comes from. from south africa, lemme take you to a mining town in sierra leone called coin to this area, was devastated by the 11 year civil war in sierra leone and liberia, and the so called conflict or blood dimas, from this area finance to war 20 years after the war ascended. this kimani takes the debate, the streets of quite 2, and lots of people it be are finally seen that by me. want riches. hello and welcome back to the 77 percent the show for africa youth. this week we are in coy do. this is sarah leon's, rich mining district. and in this country you will find literally anything from

coulton to ion or, and dian was, but it is extracted and very quickly exported. and so today we want to find out those exports, translating to weld for the young people who live here, who better to answer this question for me than fellow serial unions. let me hear from a i hear he is a student, but he was also mining and in the mines from a very young age. when i was 14 years old, i was going to school, i was out there a gina 2nd i school in sale. you also giving this kind of support from a real it's, he's almost been with, but then, you know, the forces here, we can get our live lute. it was very difficult, very challenging because us a younger, i'll skip school by then to go to the mines. the give support because that was the only source of live you we had say for look at the impacts of them, of mine in to use your in the wider population saloon. for me it is much of course you. so look at a community that we are standing, look at the impacts of the money. you look at people who are benefits of benefits in from the mining all a few people in

a good majority of youth. we do not have access to water. we don't have access to electricity, we love good roots, even i infrastructure as they ball. okay. and by the way, we should mention that where we are right now is a big mine that operates just beyond this mound. and what we're seeing as a byproduct of that blasting rocks which are then crushed into smaller pieces by the women we're seeing in the background to then be sold to construction workers. so i'd like to hear from the mayor because we've heard that this region, despite its riches, is not reflective of the diamonds and the gold that's coming out of this region. so i'm wondering why you are right so, but on the contrary to say no mineral, or deimos or whatever i mean, or are given to laws, is it cause it's not a cause. the availability of the natural resources has into the, is not a problem. if we have a good govern, our system will system put in place how to extract on even if they say we pilots ago, we still bring those a machines, those technologies,

how to transform those raw materials here into a finished product of. so let me, let me, let me just bring in slime on here because you spoke of policy and he is from the national mining agency, the body that is supposed to enforce policy and also created around the extractive industry. so isn't right, but the me a saying that we just have a lack of that leadership from national level. now what's this is it is, is focusing on mili is to see the committees really are, isn't where these measures are coming from, their benefit from the. so given sure that the committees to sign the committee room argument with the communities. so the end of every year, the gross and revenues, some positive competition committee to have the committees act that these with his wants to us and sure that's who jets are been a implemented in hold on a is already disagreeing with you. yes. and if you look at what mining companies are getting from cannot dissipate from the maintenance that they are doing. and we

compare it to the impact in the community. it is not common sher, it's even the community developments agreement to say the sine widows communities the amount that it gets him back to those communities. it can only take no tangible development projects the mays raising his hand on that side. but i want to hear from mary 1st again, because you grew up in a place that has been mining for a really long time. in fact, some of the earliest diamonds were discovered where you grew up. did you see this reflected as you were growing up before this time? i think there was a better system in place. many people benefited from me before even we we are bon asked for me personally. i know you will like walking around the settlement community because haven't seen our mothers. our grandma does, our children are the little girls that should be in school by now. the i hear walking for themselves in order to gain the lively wood. okay. let me hear from ben, it's here because he's actually embroiled in apes, lawsuits active against big mining companies because of various reasons. so is what

we're hearing from a reflective of what you're seeing in your profession. communities are calling out unseen. we've been oppressed, we've been abused by mining companies, and they are not respecting the laws and policies as articulated by the leadership of this country. but most warring, just not the companies be of your that is worrying to the communities is the leadership attitude towards the pressure. so the, the government agents that are supposed to be protecting supposed to be challenging the companies to deliver to the community they are being indicted by our communities. that they are cool. lighting, including into this operation is a serious issue is a security issue. again, shouldn't below 10 years, a smashing stones dog from the robbers of the diamond meaning of genario type. one of the best quality demos in the world. and you cannot see, it is not accounted for. no one knows what is taking there every day. let me ask him, ask him, doctors, let me ask,

let him go to the people. okay. now we are seeing an enemy has mines compliance officers inside there. they walk and she, she misses what's the mainly the company gets the package. everything the same, the seal, it's the issue that this means you and then kept into a says the enemy, cutlets, what the difference with it. and then they have the percentage you're going to play was in that comes back to the committee for which the city says they've got the accounts. i'm sure that is beyond your scope, but i'm just trying to put a lot of if you put money into an account and you never see the result. why keep putting money into the account until now? did these certainly scoop it to the great schools and improvised schools and another challenge that comes from mining, of course, you're dealing with ethical, minerals out. what are some of the implications of these are extractive practices? if you can even call them that? well i receive the implications like if this big company that are coming to the

community likely now the used to some machine is the context of rito the just man. dan did live the whole like that. then i believe if delivery like that's for the future, generations will house like now you measure culture, they would have some some yachts would do the i cultural because the, the whole the pit is left open. okay. slam, and i like the fact that you're raising your hand because i wanted to ask, what is it? and it may say about this. so we tell them after money, you will clearly land because of the money does their order use of lung. so what you're saying is a company's compelled or they're supposed to yasser poor still opposed to her. it's in my experience, is that say the enemy, on the p, i live, i live in north, in, in sounds of visual and protection of the environments. because if we look at the pub around the protection agency to be fair, they've been trying to plant trees, they're doing their best to recover and reclaim some of the law. we are the trees that the up lansing, the feasible growing. these are the uplands yellow, even looking up like the trees for me, most of institute is that she shows up

a money in the affairs of the environment. the i just may leave her lip service for the people. if you go to mimic or chief dome, we are one of the biggest a gold mines located in common disputes. the app will you try to water sources that is the, at the community as a software as point in time. the steam that has the, has been polluted. i see is also the minute operation. fishy, is another a live in things that are living, those streams along, you know, add to places we had as mine, operations are being carried up. specifically, mnemic, orchard, them all those things are being destroyed. yeah. so what do they do in terms of preservation of the environment? all right, so we've had quite a myriad of challenges related to both large scale and small scale mining, particularly in this region. and now i want to find out for my panelists, how do we move forward? we have a, we forward, how could we, the, the top management has to change their attitude, especially in the a of this mining companies. we are seen the stem. i'm the policies that are already in place should be implemented and of cause i regarding women,

we have several structures in please. it won't is a m, m, stone crush as we men. we have them as an association. so this blotches, i mean, if we want to empower them, there are several other ways, maybe in agriculture, we can bring up agriculture broke, i mean programs and we subscribe them so. so that's how we got our programs. does anybody else have a solution that we haven't heard yet? so the goldman was be transparent, accountable and development must not be particularly political issue. once you're in government, you are government for everybody. okay, well at the beginning of this debate, i asked if the riches that i found largely under ground in this country present a curse or not to the economy and the people of this region. what i've heard in a resounding way is that no, they're not. it's simply how they're handled or mishandled. i don't know what your viewpoint is, but thank you for watching. do

a google search of coy do, and you realize that a mind sub left, 2 big horse in the middle of the town. and also most of the time that you have just seen does not have electricity. and to think that some of the largest diamonds in the world have been found here. that is for me, very hard to reconcile. if you want to watch a longer version of this, to beat her to our 77 percent youtube channel. and tell me if you are seeing that natural resources riches in your country, we have just seen that debate where there is no minor regulation. the environment suffers that, coupled with a change in climate and africa, has a major problem on its hunt. nigerian activist would love to sue i've been nikki, is trying to raise awareness about climate change. and she says the time to act is now. climate in is no longer a trip or to reality. and the reality is false. we are face tweets right now. so the time to act is now

in my name is the ladder, so i didn't care. i'm an equal feminist climate just to have to come in. it's a reporter. i'm to find out. i need climate. i thought if right is working, kill glen growing and no one is the in that in africa. so i did, i did just joined. great, i, tunable to you so, and that's really inspired me and the ward us lodge because she's yelling in the action trying to make the award to understand the impact of climate and, and why even more soviets right now with digital to us. it's important for us to see how we can bridge the gap in common giftedness to people. that is what i'm using my social media neil to do, to champion all of these solutions. every activities i artic and offline. the tickets or like for people to understand and to join me.

i cannot just with well go mean individual action models quality back in the might as so i started and i know that we need to localize. that's a form of activism so that so as to fit our society so as they're going to school day the kids to day. so i think going to university to secondary school ball bleak and trying to educate people avoiding 5. because i believe that we must 1st know the problem before we can solve it. ah, my biggest challenge for us is like trying to convince people in the try for people to understand death on give with atlanta, denied. if my direct line you can doesn't, is this, don't hold to leave that you are for, and then they have to sing the software before they get thrown away the title.

i can teach them how to apply this, but allies organic but the allies are group on reward that would help was to rise yes, crop l time for them to have would put in. now secrecy crisis, globally and africa is left behind because we are the most impacted by declarative crisis. ah, she said at all, don't brush it off. climate change is real and you'll be affected very soon. so start thinking about what you can do to lessen the impact from nigeria. let's head north to nisha office, but i kina by one allah is working for us in the army who wants to show us his beautiful city. so come along so out of control. well alex,

i'm everyone. i'm bertina bowen, allah, i'm from leisure. and this is the beautiful city of miami where i grew up. i'm very happy to welcome you to my city. i think once all that radical news years capital near me, it was the sahara, but there is no denying the fit of lush green like none other than most of the kids . the biggest river flows through it. and 15th, the city of over $1000000.00 is in some of the year we are at leisure river. it's our pride in beauty. it fits the city and give the charm not a mile. mia made both a mix of west african n for heron, heritage, fulani, dharma, houser, and 2 or 8 people live here in the true to his roots. burkina writes his lyrics in both hauser and samar, with an average age of just 15. near is the 12 youngest country and the youth of near me city market. well, the devil as extras in for

a kenneth decreed you don't boil grandma, so we are our grandma shared their biggest market in the heart of near me. it's they will not ship any prescript. you know, this is my favorite because you can find everything you want here on for kutrovitch rock of it all or marcy. after leaving his hands and follows behind. if time for a snack, the local speciality committee, sunday, drive me legally. she is symbolical familiar in the army. and you can always find it here in muslim countries. it's what crispy me and the american friends are still on his tail. later on the swing by the international festival of african fashion, a melting pot of missouri and cal check up. i mean i know some of all my family we are here. fema, where i have the honor also performing. we have 5 minutes on stage and it's gonna

be like nothing else. something rob one. ah, jeez. oh, wait on like lights and the crowds. burkina takes us to the dues just outside the city. it's time to wind down, all michelle them. so dear friends, we are here with mahmud my guitarist, the only engine that i might use since we come here to get inspired surrounded by the beauty of nature and peace and the beautiful view of the army as in. yeah, we are here in the army and this is also your home issue. oh, we're waiting for you and you all is welcome. thank you child out. but iraq when i arrive in the army fast and i'm gonna try is clichy. and actually, i need to get out of here and find me some clichy. but before i go, i hope that today's sure has helped me to understand that natural resources do not

necessarily translate into wealth. value needs to be added and regulations and forced. because there are a couple of examples where this us wait, but china for inst us is an example where the profits flow back into the communities. so if you nor of other places where this solution wakes, then let us know. would like to hear from you. you can find us on facebook, instagram, and youtube, or write us an e mail. and before i leave you, yes, a music a song i should say from none other than the mon, we've just met martina from the say. with this song he course woman, until next time. thanks for watching. ah a

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