https://issafrica.org/iss-today/conflict-and-organised-crime-are-razing-cars-rainforests

In what appears to be a historical pattern of #foreign establishments scrambling for the CAR’s natural #resources, the recent incursion of the Russian #WagnerGroup has brought back this #criminalenterprise. Civil society investigative sources have raised concerns about the links between the protracted #conflict and #forestexploitation in the CAR. To cut the timber at almost no cost, #mercenaries have committed #humanrightsabuses, including invading and ‘emptying’ towns and villages – contributing to instability in the #rainforest region.
#BipartisanKleptocracies #NeoColonialCorruption #DeterioratingCarbonSinks #AcceleratingKeelingCurve #civiliancasualties #assange #abolishthepolice