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Congo mine deploys digital weapons in fight against conflict minerals →

October 02, 2019 by Oliver Gordon

It's the latest initiative to improve systems meant to show minerals entering global supply chains come from mines that don't use child labour or fund warlords. REUTERS

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October 02, 2019 /Oliver Gordon
congo, conflict minerals, sustainable mining, technology
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U.N. honours activist who helped thousands of refugees return to Congo

September 20, 2019 by Oliver Gordon

In all, 850,000 Congolese have fled abroad and another 4.5 million have been forced from their homes by conflict, according to the United Nations. PLACE

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September 20, 2019 /Oliver Gordon
UN, congo, refugees, activism
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