The Author

Authority & credibility

Dr. Justin B. Mudekereza

Dr. Justin B. Mudekereza is a writer, humanitarian and political advocate with more than 25 years in community development. Born in the conflict-scarred Kivu region of the eastern DRC, he ran for President of the Congo in the December 2023 election and is a recipient of the Nelson Mandela Leadership Award.

He is the founder and CEO of Rescue Democracy International (RDI), a 501(c)3 nonprofit. With Critical Minerals, Dangerous Ties, he turns an insider's lens on the deal he believes could decide his country's future — and the human stakes the world keeps leaving out.

2023 DRC Presidential Candidate Nelson Mandela Leadership Award Founder & CEO, Rescue Democracy Int'l Born in Kivu, Eastern DRC 25+ years in the field

Read his latest book Invite him to speak

In his own words

The mission

Writing so the world cannot look away

"This book is, for me, the only way — perhaps the best — to speak to those I cannot meet in person."

That conviction runs through all of Dr. Mudekereza's work: a belief that rigorous analysis and moral clarity belong together, and that the hardest truths are exactly the ones worth telling. His writing is built not to provoke for its own sake, but to inform, to warn — and to point toward something better.

Areas of expertise