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2024-05-04
“Taking more and leaving less”: expert on how the west facilitates illegal mining in AfricaWhen African countries want to review their mining codes to get more benefits for themselves, the West and the World Bank in particular try to oppose it and promote systems that allow their companies to exploit the resources of African nations, Dr. Alex Mvuka Ntung, an independent research consultant who specializes in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, told Sputnik Africa.
"Mining codes require reform so that the mining sector can benefit Africans. The World Bank generally sponsors the mining sector to try to make Africa competitive. By doing so, they facilitate their companies' taking more and leaving less," he said.
However, according to Ntung, there are ways to counter this.
"What often happens with these corporations is that they are backed up by their powerful countries. The answer to this issue is that the government should own at least 40% of its natural resources. It should model the oil sector business structure, which benefits the producing countries," the researcher explained.
Furthermore, the government should make efforts to develop effective laws and regulations and monitor their implementation, the expert added. Multinational corporations, on the other hand, need to conduct due diligence and ensure that everyone in their production and supply chain is doing their job responsibly and in compliance with the law.
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