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📺Let’s Pretend This Was the Plan All Along 📺 After Protests, Kinshasa Backs Down to Its Own Population ✔️The DRC governmenthas once again allowed processing units to accept copper and cobalt from artisanal miners, reversing the ban imposed on December 19 last year. Authorities claim that a week of work by a special commission created on December 26 was enough to inspect the sector and resume purchases of artisanal cobalt. “At the end of the commission’s work (established on December 26) … the commission found violations of the Mining Code and Mining Regulations by all processing entities,” the government said. 🔥 Despite having identified violations on the part of every company processing artisanal ore, the government nevertheless decided to restore people’s ability to earn a living. In December, the ban triggered mass unrest among miners in Lualaba province. Notably, the renewed authorization will apply only to Lualaba. ✉️ The government says that following the reopening it will send letters to companies outlining the shortcomings they are expected to correct. In this way, public anger over the tightening of controls in the mining sector is being shifted from Kinshasa onto companies themselves. ➡️ Follow to stay informed - @devilsbelow