Movies and TvShows featuring "katanga-conflict" theme.

In 1961, 150 Irish UN peacekeepers in Congo find themselves caught in a deadly battle as they try to defend a besieged mining town from a rebel army. Despite being heavily outnumbered and under-equipped, they display great courage and determination. Based on a true story.

In Cold Case Hammarskjöld, a documentary film released in 2019, investigative journalist Mads Brügger sets out to solve the mystery surrounding the death of United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld. As he delves deeper into the case, Brügger uncovers a complex web of conspiracy theories, white supremacy, and secret operations involving the mining corporation and army of mercenaries. Through witness interviews, examination of wreckage, and exploration of historical events like the Katanga conflict, Brügger brings to light the shady dealings of powerful forces and the troubling history of African decolonization.

In the cobalt mining areas of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), babies are being born with horrific birth defects. Scientists and doctors are finding increasing evidence of environmental pollution from industrial mining which, they believe, may be the cause of a range of malformations from cleft palate to some so serious the baby is stillborn. More than 60% of the world’s reserves of cobalt are in the DRC and this mineral is essential for the production of electric car batteries, which may be the key to reducing carbon emissions and to slowing climate change. In The Cost of Cobalt we meet the doctors treating the children affected and the scientists who are measuring the pollution. Cobalt may be part of the global solution to climate change, but is it right that Congo’s next generation pay the price with their health? Many are hoping that the more the world understands their plight, the more pressure will be put on the industry here to clean up its act.