Blood Coltan
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A mobile phone is an amazing piece of engineering. But look inside. There is blood in this machine.
There’s blood in this device because your phone contains tiny electronic circuits that wouldn’t work without the mineral coltan.
It is mined in eastern Congo. Blood flowed here, Congolese blood died in a terrible conflict.
Western demand for coltan, which is used in cellphones and computers, is funding the killings in Congo. With rebel militias watching, children as young as 10 work in the mines in search of the black gold.
Blood Coltan reveals the powerful web of interests that protect this blood trade. Meet the powerful warlords who enslaved local people and the European traders who continued to import coltan in defiance of the United Nations.
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