When Erik Prince’s mercenaries were ambushed last month in eastern Congo, the headlines went to the wounded American – ex-Green Beret and UFC fighter Tim Kennedy, airlifted to Walter Reed – and not the seven Congolese killed in the attack, whose names we still don’t know. Kambale Musavuli of the Center for Research on the Congo-Kinshasa joins Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra to explain what the Blackwater founder’s hired guns are really doing in the DRC – and why he argues “the attention on Erik Prince and Tim Kennedy doesn’t fully express what’s unfolding.” Musavuli breaks down how a US-brokered “peace for minerals” deal gives Washington first say over Congo’s lithium, cobalt, and other critical minerals to fuel its AI race, while US ally Rwanda backs the M23 insurgency that’s occupying much of the country’s east. He explains how war and mismanagement are driving the fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak in history, as unpaid health workers fight it on the front lines. And he calls on people around the world to use this “Break the Silence” Congo Week to build real pressure on Washington – and to keep organizing until Congo is free. Watch full episodes of BT Live, join breakthroughnews.org as a member today!

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