Experts Tell Congress: As Many as 40,000 Children Trapped in China-Dominated Africa Mining Nightmare

Frances Martel : Mar 28, 2025
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[Breitbart.com] The experts urged American officials to act to contain the malignant Chinese influence destroying an entire generation of African children and the environment in which they live, stressing that the minerals in question—cobalt, lithium, tantalum, and copper, among others—are pivotal to any high-tech economy. The hearing, hosted by the Subcommittee on Africa and chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), occurred as the nation of Zambia struggles to address the virtual death of the Kafue River, drowned in toxic residue when a dam holding the residue, created through Chinese copper mining activities, collapsed. Among the specific environmental threats mentioned at the hearing were the threat to the endangered okapi and the destruction of entire communities, displaced by companies looking to mine the land and polluted to the point that no one can safely return... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Screengrab image: via AP)