Blood and Gold Welcome to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the warzone that helps make your iPhone. MAY 12, 2011 Mining is big business in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it is at the forefront of the global debate over how to end the violence in this war-torn country. Congo's riches, including enormous deposits of gold, diamonds, copper, and cobalt, may not have initially instigated that country's decades of war, but they definitely are keeping the battle raging, 8 years after the war was officially declared over. Above, a worker stands on a mound of dirt at an abandoned industrial mine on March 28, 2006, in Mongbwalu, in
Blood and Gold. Welcome to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the warzone that helps make your iPhone.
Mining is big business in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it is at the forefront of the global debate over how to end the violence in this war-torn country. Congo's riches, including enormous deposits of gold, diamonds, copper, and cobalt, may not have initially instigated that country's decades of war, but they definitely are keeping the battle raging, 8 years after the war was officially declared over.
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Blood and GoldWelcome to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the warzone that helps make your iPhone.
MAY 12, 2011
Mining is big business in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it is at the forefront of the global debate over how to
end the violence in this war-torn country. Congo's riches, including enormous deposits of gold, diamonds, copper, and
cobalt, may not have initially instigated that country's decades of war, but they definitely are keeping the battle
raging, 8 years after the war was officially declared over.
Above, a worker stands on a mound of dirt at an abandoned industrial mine on March 28, 2006, in Mongbwalu, in