Community Protection

Standing With Affected Communities

Community-impact review, benefit-sharing principles, displacement-risk monitoring, and stakeholder intake.

Our Position

Corridor infrastructure affects communities as well as mines, ports, governments, and financiers. This desk keeps community impact, compensation, local procurement, labour, and benefit-sharing issues visible in the public record.

The editorial standard is evidence first: public documents, credible reporting, official records, company disclosures, civil-society material, and clear correction pathways.

What We Do

Legal and Safeguard References

Reference links and source packs for land, environmental, human-rights, and development-finance safeguard standards relevant to Angola, DRC, and Zambia.

Community Benefit Agreements

Public review of benefit-sharing claims, local-content commitments, compensation processes, and agreement implementation where source evidence is available.

Representation Review

Source-led review of who is speaking for affected communities, which claims are documented, and which issues require further verification.

Displacement Risk

Tracking public displacement-risk claims, safeguard disclosures, compensation references, and DFI accountability mechanisms where relevant.

Current Focus

Kolwezi Displacement Risk — HIGH PRIORITY
Global Witness has documented 1,200 buildings (approximately 6,500 people) at risk of displacement from railway buffer zone enforcement in Kolwezi alone. We are monitoring the situation and engaging with DFIs on safeguard compliance.

Transport Tariff Crisis
OECD research documents 10x tariff increases following railway privatization, forcing major Angolan companies off rail transport. Communities bear disproportionate costs.

Artisanal Mining Integration
DRC announced 50+ new exclusive artisanal mining zones. Whether corridor development integrates or displaces millions of artisanal miners remains a critical question.

Report a Community Concern

If your community is affected by corridor development, share documents, corrections, or source leads for editorial review.

Contact Community Team

Source Intake

Source Pack

This page is maintained against institutional source categories rather than anonymous aggregation. Factual claims should be checked against primary disclosures, regulator material, development-finance records, official datasets, company filings, or recognized standards before reuse.

Editorial use: figures, dates, ownership positions, financing terms, capacity claims, and regulatory conclusions are treated as time-sensitive. Where sources conflict, this site prioritizes official documents, audited reporting, public filings, and independently verifiable standards.

Evidence Base

This page is maintained against public institutional sources, official corridor materials, development-finance records, mineral-market datasets, and documented source review.

Primary Institutional Sources

Review Standard

Figures, timelines, ownership claims, policy references, financing terms, and operational status should be checked against primary records, official disclosures, operator materials, public filings, or recognized datasets before reuse.