Interview with Phil Clark about how the global race for minerals drives conflict and violence in The Great Lakes Region in Africa.

The lack of serious interest in the West for human rights concerns in Africa and Western rivalry with the BRICS powers function as a green light for violence as political and military elites fuel local antagonisms in the interest of the economic market and international relations.

The aftermath of genocide in Rwanda illustrates the necessity of reconciliation versus the economic inconvenience of civil liberties.

Phil Clark is a Professor of International Politics at SOAS University of London. He specialises in conflict and post-conflict issues, transitional justice, peacebuilding and reconciliation.

Video language: English

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