REVERSE THE CURSE: CREATING A FRAMEWORK TO MITIGATE THE RESOURCE CURSE AND PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS IN MINERAL EXTRACTION INDUSTRIES IN AFRICA.

The article focuses on the creation of an international framework to remove resource curse and promote human rights in mineral extraction industries in Africa, and expands on the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme and other such frameworks for the same. It further discusses China's rise in Africa and its involvement in the cobalt and copper industries in Africa. It also elaborates on the problematic record of the Chinese extractive industry in Africa, and compares with that of Australia.