Mining for minerals fuels Congo conflict

[evildevil]

Mining for minerals fuels Congo conflict

The conflict in eastern Congo is being fueled and funded by a tussle for mineral resources that end up in cell phones, laptops and other electronics - deepening the stakes in a war that sprung out of festering hatreds from the Rwandan genocide.

Rebel militias and Congolese army troops are fighting each other

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[crazyventures]

There's a really great article on this from the Project Censored group. It's a couple years old but it discusses mineral mining in the Congo, especially for coltan, which we use in our cell phones:

http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/5-high-tech-genocide-in-congo/

[the_glow_worm]

This has already been posted, btw. I don't mind seeing it again, I mean, the more people who know the better, but just so you know.