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

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 ...

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

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The environmental impacts of illegal mining pose a direct threat to biodiversity. The destruction of habitats, contamination ...

“The price of exported coltan was between $39 and $43 per kilo between January and May 2024, according to the Rwandan central bank. Through this money, rebel groups like M23 buy weapons, for example, ...

JULIET SAMANIYA, 6, carries a bag of lithium with other children at an illegal mining site in Paseli, Nigeria, on November 5, 2024. NASARAWA, Nigeria—Dressed in a faded pink dress, 6-year-old ...

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 ...

it's a long list of items we rely on every day that rely on a key material: lithium. But have you stopped to think who mines for this precious metal? In northern Nigeria, it has been found to be ...

Juliet Samaniya, 6, carries a bag of lithium with other children at an illegal mining site in Paseli, Nigeria, Tuesday, Nov 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) ASARAWA, Nigeria (AP) -- Dressed in a ...

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 ...

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 ...