A rush for Lithium in Africa risks fuelling corruption and failing citizens
Three emerging lithium mines in Zimbabwe, Namibia and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) risks fuelling corruption, and causing a range of other environmental, social and governance problems
![A worker holds a lump of lithium ore in Manono DRC 2023](https://cdn2.globalwitness.org/media/images/0c3f908f-8bdc-4aa8-9526-4a4f04d42c.2e16d0ba.fill-544x300.jpg)