Africa: China Driving Regional Conflict & Child Labor in Africa’s Gold and Cobalt Industry

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) controversial actions in Africa’s mining sector and its damage to human rights, exacerbation of labor exploitation and regional instability—particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia and Ghana—were the focus of a congressional hearing chaired today by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the House Foreign Affair Subcommittee on Africa.

Experts testified on how Beijing’s resource-driven policies contribute to child…