MP Raises Alarm Over Rising Abuse in Mines
A Zimbabwean parliamentarian has sounded the alarm over a surge of cases of abuse in the country's mining sector.
Joana Mamombe, MP and vice-president of the African Network of Parliamentarians for Climate Change, accuses the government of neglecting its duty to protect citizens amid the rush to supply critical minerals for the global green energy transition.
Young men were being exploited, while young women and children faced widespread sexual harassment in mining areas, abuses she said communities were enduring "in silence".
Author's summary: MP Joana Mamombe raises alarm over mining sector abuse.