"This Is What We Die for": Human Rights Abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Power the Global Trade in Cobalt

Source: Amnesty International This report documents the hazardous conditions in which artisanal miners, including thousands of children, mine cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It goes on to trace how this cobalt is used to power mobile phones, laptop computers, and other portable electronic devices. Using basic hand tools, miners [...]