The work is hard enough for an adult man, but it is unthinkable for a child. Yet tens of thousands of Congolese kids are involved in every stage of mining for cobalt. The latest research by the United Nations C
The children are given academic classes, but they also learn how to be kids again. Ziki Swaze, 11, speaks to CBS News correspondent Debora Patta outside a cobalt mine in southern Democratic Republic of Congo.CBS "That is where we begin with the children actually, you know, helping them ...
The report, entitled 'This is what we die for: Human Rights Abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo power the global trade in cobalt,' also includes testimony from adult and child miners who work long shifts with no protective equipment, in danger of fatal accidents and permanent lung dam...
The article discusses the possibility of urban agriculture (UA) as an alternative to the copper and cobalt mining. Mining had dominated employment in Lubumbashi, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the presence of the mining company Générale des Carrières et des Mines (...