Lubumbashi is little known, but its minerals electrified the world, created atom bombs and are key to greener energy, the ...

By John Cannon The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has ...

As Tesla sales tank, it’s not exactly the best time for the automaker to receive more bad press. However, Tesla faces a ...

Like copper and uranium before it, cobalt mining has been linked to widescale exploitation and child labour . Corruption and elite capture remain defining features of mining in the DRC.

Artisanal and small-scale mining and child labour remain a salient feature of cobalt extraction in the DRC. These miners receive little to no support and reflect the historical structural ...

the DRC’s cobalt industry has proven to be a focal point for sustainability and social governance concerns. Child labour at artisanal and small scale cobalt mines in the country has drawn ...

Over six decades after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) gained independence, its eastern provinces continue to face violence, exploitation, and geopolitical manipulation. The rise of the M23 ...

"The bottom of the supply chain, where almost all the world's cobalt is coming from ... "unfathomable harm and suffering" on the DRC's people, fuelling violence by financing armed groups, encouraging ...

Fierce fighting between government forces and M23 rebels in the DRC has led to a horrific humanitarian crisis, with thousands ...