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How Africa plans to protect its green wealth

Workers, including women and children, work in a cobalt mine in the Mwenga territory of South Kivu province in Democratic Republic of Congo on July 14, 2023.  (Photo/AFP)

You are probably reading this story on a laptop or phone that has used minerals such as cobalt, lithium, and manganese.

These metals are central to the green energy transition sweeping across the globe.

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