Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo illegally exported at least 150 metric tons of coltan to Rwanda in the last ...

But have you stopped to think who mines for this precious metal? In northern Nigeria, it has been found to be children. Lithium mining is dangerous and exhausting work. Miners descend several feet ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Growing demand for the lithium used in batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage has created a new ...

Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fraudulently exported at least 150 metric tons of coltan to Rwanda last year, leading to the largest contamination of the Great Lakes Region's mineral ...

This mineral, vital for global clean energy solutions, comes at a high human cost in Nigeria, where children like Juliet endure hazardous conditions for minimal wages. The landscape of Nigeria's ...

The landscape around her is dotted with active and abandoned mineshafts, farmland that may soon be cleared in search of more rich ore, and other mine workers — many of them children. Juliet ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Juliet Samaniya, 6, carries a bag of lithium with other children at an illegal mining site in Paseli ...

But it’s led to exploitation of children who are often poor and take work in small, illegal mines to support themselves and their families. The Associated Press recently traveled to the deep ...

Violence in Sudan, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti has left many without food and basic services.