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S8 Ep716: 8. Jihadist Threats to Congolese Mining Guest: Caleb Weiss. Caleb Weiss reports on an Islamic State attack targeting a Chinese-owned mine in Congo, led by a violent Tanzanian commander. Meanwhile, Nigeria struggles with internal instability as regional al

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🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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8. Jihadist Threats to Congolese Mining Guest: Caleb Weiss. Caleb Weiss reports on an Islamic State attack targeting a Chinese-owned mine in Congo, led by a violent Tanzanian commander. Meanwhile, Nigeria struggles with internal instability as regional alliances like ECOWAS continue to fracture. (8)

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He is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defensive Democracy, keeping the Long World Journal many decades,

0:54.9

where you can find the reporting by Caleb Wise of East and West Africa jihad, as well as

1:01.9

what you'd have to say, elements of disorder everywhere in both East and West Africa.

1:07.9

We're going now to, this is new to me, reporting from the Central

1:12.1

African province of the Islamic States of Central African province, meaning Congo, the

1:18.0

Turi province, and a Chinese-owned mine. We're putting together dots on a map here that

1:24.0

are very suggestive of major conflict underway, Congo, China, and the Islamic State,

1:32.9

as well as the jihad coming to the Congo. Caleb Weiss is here from the Bridgeway Foundation

1:39.8

to help me understand how these dots are coming together. Caleb, I have missed the reporting

1:43.9

that prepared for this.

1:46.4

Right now, stretching the jihad into the Congo, into the monetary part of the Congo,

1:53.9

the mines run by the Chinese.

1:55.9

Is that new or has this happened before, and I'm just catching up?

2:00.8

So it's relatively new for ice cap.

2:04.4

That's Islamic State's Central Africa province.

2:07.2

In Congo and Uganda, they're known as the ADF, but they don't like that name anymore.

2:13.2

It's relatively new for them, though.

2:14.8

They've done smaller scale operations against artisanal mines.

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