This cobalt can come at a high human price. Seven years ago, revelations about dire working conditions in Congo’s informal mining sector vaulted into the world’s headlines after Amnesty ...
The violence in eastern Congo has escalated. Near Goma in North Kivu, 13 peacekeepers have been killed by M23 rebels, while ...
Tech companies are trying to clean up the way they source cobalt, a key ingredient in ... conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo . Photo: Alexandra Wexler/The Wall Street Journal ...