CHINA U.N. REP: YOU DESTROYED HAITI STOP THE HYPOCRISY, U.S.!
Since Haiti’s 1804 revolution that transformed it into the first Black-led republic, the Caribbean state has faced relentless foreign interventions, with the United States playing a central role in its destabilisation, including three invasions.
In his 21 April address to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), China’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Geng Shuang (@chinamission2unbon), highlighted how the ongoing violence in Haiti, which had displaced over 1 million people by January 2025, is rooted in more than a century of US interference, such as invasions, occupations, tariffs, coups and spearheading unsuccessful UN missions. The US often frames its interference under the pretext of ‘aid.’
Meanwhile, Haitian migrants in the US are not exempt from deportation. US President Donald Trump also propagated false claims during the 2024 presidential campaign that Haitian migrants ate pets, leading to the rise of xenophobic sentiment toward Haitians in the US.
Further, the UN says illegally shipped arms from the US have wound up in Haiti. Plus, reports say Haiti’s bourgeoisie that collaborates with foreign powers fund and arm Haitian gangs.
Shuang urged that the US be held responsible for constantly interfering in Haiti, leading it to become a hotspot for violence and dire humanitarian conditions.
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US-China rivalry for DRC minerals escalates as Chinese-allied workers decry interference
DRC, which is heavily rich in minerals, is at the heart of the global clean energy transition.
By ELIUD KIBII
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2025-06 ... irm-in-drc
08 June 2025
In Summary
• The intensified rivalry has been laid bare through counter accusations by mining workers, with Chinese-allied workers in Ituri accusing US-linked mining company of sabotage and undermining their operations.
• In a statement seen by the Star, the Ituri workers accused “American companies … of destabilising Chinese firms”
and urged the government to act.
Mining in DRC
The rivalry between the two biggest economies — the US and China — is escalating in the eastern DRC over the battle for the critical minerals in the region.
The intensified rivalry has been laid bare through counter accusations by mining workers, with Chinese-allied workers in Ituri accusing US-linked mining company of sabotage and undermining their operations.
In a statement seen by the Star, the Ituri workers accused
and urged the government to act.American companies … of destabilising Chinese firms
The statement — translated from French — said they have been invited by officials of the US-affiliated mining company to protest against their Chinese employers under the pretext of non-payment of their wages and inhumane working conditions.
the statement said.We, workers engaged in most of Chinese companies based in Mambasa, Ituri province, following the manipulative decisions of some officials of the mining company in Mambasa who call us every day to a mass uprising against the Chinese companies for which we are workers, find that this could pose us to huge risks and inexorably lead us towards a crisis and loss of jobs,
The workers identified in the statement as Boslo Alime Jean-Le Bandar-lue, Kakule Shibula Arsène, Vital Mahigwe Glory, Paul Kambale Crown and Accent Prayer Alain alleged that representatives of the American-linked company have been pushing them to cause unrest under the pretext of forced labor, poor working conditions and receiving peanuts.
they said.We demand that this company and these officials take notice and stop contacting us and interfering with the professional management structures within our work,
In a further indication to the implication on security this rivalry is causing, the workers made accusations of close collaboration with armed bandits in Mambasa
with the effect of destabilising the economic fabric and compromising our work system in our respective workplaces.
they said.We thank in return, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo for having expelled one of the managers of this company which formerly dealt with these bandits,
They claimed a Chinese company was recently a victim of an attack in its territory, and several Chinese assets were stolen, and a Chinese man was killed along with a police officer who was guarding it.
The American-allied company is a joint venture involving a Canadian-company and the Congolese government, and is one of the largest gold operations in Africa.
The company has reportedly faced criticism over violations of labour subcontracting laws, labour, conditions, evictions, environmental damage, and opaque deals with security actors in a region long-plagued by armed conflict.
Chinese firms, too, have faced scrutiny over the same issues, particularly condition of workers.
The accusations come at a time the two countries are involved in cutthroat competition for minerals, a key component in technology advancement and Electric Vehicles manufacturing.
DRC, which is heavily rich in minerals, is at the heart of the global clean energy transition.
Her mineral wealth is indispensable to industries reliant on lithium-ion batteries as accounts for roughly 70 per cent of global cobalt production.
DRC is also a major copper producer, producing approximately over 1.8 million tonnes — about 10 per cent of the global output. It also hosts other critical metals and rare earth minerals essential for renewable energy technologies.