Who stole the mining licence from AVZ to line their own pockets with silver — and impoverished the Manono residents and condemned them to a life of slavery
Special report · September 2026
Videos
One source film of the AVZ workers’ camp at Manono, then generated illustrations. The camp film has its original sound. The generated films have English, French and German speech.
AVZ MANONO CAMP STOLEN
AVZ mining camp, Manono
Figure. Actual 2020 film “AVZ — MINING CAMP COLLINE” (Deboss AVZ MINERALS). AVZ built this camp for its workers at Manono. After the licence was cancelled and the ground assigned to Manono Lithium, AVZ treats the camp as taken with the project. Source footage, not generated. Watch on YouTubeFigure. AVZ workers at the Manono camp AVZ built — high-visibility vests, trucks, and the camp buildings. Photograph of the workforce at the site shown in the film above.
AVZ
Figure. Five-minute generated forecast: hydro plant, power line, electric trucks, clinic and a lit town. Not a photograph of Manono as it is. Generated illustration — not a photograph of a named person.
Manono Lithium
Figure. Five-minute generated illustration: plant, gate, a pay protest, and the town as it is. Not documentary footage of a named crew, and not a beating. Generated illustration — not a photograph of a named person.
Figure 8 · The family
Figure 8. Five-minute generated film: a man, a woman and five children at dirty water and failed crops, then a dream of the AVZ town — tap, school, clinic, wage, lights. Not a named family. Generated illustration — not a photograph of a named person.
