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Global Witness unethical reporting on Rwanda fuels farther tensions in a conflict-ridden region.
The latest claims by @Global_Witness (GW) that "Rwanda smuggles Congo's coltan" rely on disinformation, approximations, and on manipulated images farther fueling tension in a conflict-ridden region.
To exemplify this statement, GW uses image manipulation suggesting that coltan is smuggled to Rwanda with an image extracted from the UNGoE 2024 final report, i.e., a screenshot of a December 2023 video showing 60 motorbikes carrying #FDLR_Wazalendo, and loaded with bags of coltan, while fleeing M23 from #Rubaya towards #Mushaki. (p. 10 of the report, GW Interactive Map, Images #1, #2, and full original video below).
GW uses this image to suggest that the smugglers are #M23 or working on behalf of Rwanda. Yet in the enclosed video, we hear that these are #FDLR_Wazalendo fleeing from M23 while saying in Swahili (00:31-00:37): "Here are motorbikes loaded with minerals. We are leaving Rubaya and are really fleeing the Tutsi" [The "Tutsi" here means "M23"]. "Here we are in the hills of Ishasha, and here in front of us, we can see the motorbikes", "Here the situation is difficult, pray for us, pray for us!"
GW additionally spreads a mistruth about having been on the ground in the caption of the same image in the interactive map. They write: "Global Witness has travelled with a coltan smuggler through the hills towards Goma." (Image #2). GW in other words mislead its readers about having done a field investigation for this report, but instead relies on recycled manipulated information and images.
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.@StateDept announced $20 million in funding for Ebola preparedness in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and South Sudan; bringing the total for the Ebola response to more than $220 million. The additional funding will support national emergency operations centers; enhance capacities for surveillance, testing, border screening, and infection prevention and control; enable procurement and distribution of critical commodities; and prepare countries to manage potential patients with Ebola disease.
Rwandan designers Elodie Fromenteau and @banzadolph have created a special #VisitRwanda x Ici C’est Paris merchandise collaboration, now being showcased at Ici C’est Paris La Maison in the United States ✨
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