Mu mwaka wa 2024, ikigo cy’iburayi cyaguze Toni 280 za coltan mu Rwanda, gifite ibiceri by’amamiliyari menshi kandi gifite icyicaro gikuru i Luxembourg. Traxys yari umuguzi wihariye w’imyunyungugu ya coltan yagurishwaga n’ikigo cy’U Rwanda kizobereye mu gutanga ibikoresho by’imyunyungugu, African Panther Resources Limited.
Ubushakashatsi bushya bwa Global Witness bwareze Traxys, umucuruzi w’iburayi, kugura imyunyungugu mu karere k’intambara, nk’akarere ka Rubaya mu majyaruguru ya Kivu. Ubushakashatsi bw’iki kigo mpuzamahanga cy’ubushakashatsi, bwatangajwe ku wa kabiri tariki ya 15 Mata, bwagaragaje ko iki kigo cyaguze Toni 280 za coltan mu Rwanda mu mwaka wa 2024.
Isesengura ry’amakuru y’ubucuruzi ndetse n’ubuhamya bw’abantu babiri bacuruza coltan mu buryo bwa magendu, bugaragaza ko igice kinini cya coltan yaguze mu Rwanda gikomoka ku ntambara yo mu burasirazuba bwa DRC, nk’uko Global Witness ibivuga.
Mu mwaka wa 2024, ikigo cy’iburayi cyaguze Toni 280 za coltan mu Rwanda, gifite ibiceri by’amamiliyari menshi kandi gifite icyicaro gikuru i Luxembourg. Traxys yari umuguzi wihariye w’imyunyungugu ya coltan yagurishwaga n’ikigo cy’U Rwanda kizobereye mu gutanga ibikoresho by’imyunyungugu, African Panther Resources Limited.
Abarwanyi ba M23 hamwe na coltan ya Rubaya
Ubushakashatsi bwerekana ko umwe mu bacuruzi bageza mu buryo bwa magendu coltan ya Rubaya (DRC) mu Rwanda, yavuze ko M23 yaka umusoro wa 15% ku giciro cyo kugurisha.
M23 yashoboye kugera kuri coltan yavanywe Rubaya kuva mu ntangiriro za 2024, aho yagiye ifata umuyoboro ukomeye wo gutwara ndetse no kugenzura imirimo y’ubucukuzi bw’imyunyungugu muri aka karere, ikora hafi 15% y’ibyuma byitwa “tantalum” ku isi. Icyuma “tantalum” gifatwa mu coltan gikoreshwa mu gukora ibikoresho by’ikoranabuhanga nka telefone zigendanwa, ordinateri, ndetse n’ibice by’imodoka, cyane cyane imodoka zikoresha umuriro zigamije guhangana n’ikibazo cy’imihindagurikire y’ikirere.
Traxys na African Panther, buri kimwe cyamaganye ibirego byose, bavuga ko bagenzura inkomoko ya coltan bagura banasesengura ibipimo by’intungamubiri bigize coltan harimo tantalum na niobium.
Raporo y’itsinda ry’inzobere za ONU
Ibi birego byagaragajwe, ntibinyuze Global Witness, yitwaza raporo y’itsinda ry’inzobere za ONU yo mu 2015. Nk’uko icyo cyangombwa kibivuga, hari ibimenyetso bigaragaza ko, iyo coltan yo muri DRC imaze kugera mu Rwanda, “coltan y’umweru” ya DRC igenda yisiga umukara cyangwa ikivangwa na coltan y’umukara yo mu Rwanda, mu buryo bwo guhisha inkomoko y’imyunyungugu yacurujwe mu buryo bwa magendu.
Global Witness mu bushakashatsi bwayo irasaba Umuryango w’ubumwe bw’ibihugu by’Iburayi gushyira ahagaragara amakuru y’ubucuruzi bw’ibigo kubw’impamvu z’ubunyangamugayo n’ubutabera ndetse no guhagarika ubufatanye bufatika bw’ibikoresho byo mu Rwanda hamwe n’umushinga uwo ariwo wose w’ubukungu ujyanye n’imyunyungugu.