Inside Congo’s killing fields, sickly and exploited artisanal miners slave away for world’s indifferent tech economies

Inside Congo’s killing fields, sickly and exploited artisanal miners slave away for world’s indifferent tech economies

Josaphat Musamba, a Congolese researcher and PhD student at Ghent University in Belgium, said suppressing the militia would be a tall order for the DRC’s military, which is no longer present in large swathes of M23-controlled territory.

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Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels agree to end decades-long conflict in eastern Congo via declaration of principles

Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels agree to end decades-long conflict in eastern Congo via declaration of principles

Backed by neighbouring Rwanda, the M23 is the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups fighting for control in Congo’s mineral-rich east. With seven million people displaced in Congo, the UN has called the conflict in eastern Congo “one of the most protracted, complex, serious humanitarian crises on Earth.”

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