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

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.

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

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 current conflict in the DRC is not just a crisis of governance or ethnic tensions but a direct continuation of a colonial ...

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 resurgence of M23 coincides with heightened global demand for the DRC’s mineral wealth, particularly cobalt and coltan ... by Amnesty International, child labor and dangerous working ...

"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 ...