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8 Reasons Why Your Laptops, Cellphones, Tablets Are The New Blood Diamonds

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People in the Congo who did make a living from farming and agriculture have turned to mining Coltan.

 

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Coltan mining has been directly linked to 200,000-recorded cases of sexual violence against women and girls. The production has led to the destruction of one of the world’s most endangered rainforests.

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4 Replies to “8 Reasons Why Your Laptops, Cellphones, Tablets Are The New Blood Diamonds”

  1. For the farmers who left farming to mine coltan, I wonder if they have asked themselves if they can eat coltan? Another way to enslave people on short-sighted 'gains'–while local farming could feed populations who now have to rely on foreign 'charity'.

  2. THE ABOVE IS WHY THEY KILLED LUMUMBA, HAVE INSTALLED PUPPET REGIMES EVER SINCE INCLUSDING MOBUTU AND CURRENTLY JOSEPH DESRIRE KABILA, IS WHY THE DR CONGO HAS/WILL NEVER SEE PEACE AND OUR PEOPLE THER CONTINUE TO SUFFER NEEDLESSY AND LIVE IMPOVERISHED LIVES – FOR THE RECOED I DO NOT HAVE AN I-PAD, CAMERA OF ANY SORT AND HAVE AS A NECESSITY A MODSET SAMSUNG GALAXY FAME AND A LAP TOP MADE IN GHANA BY A LOCAL GHANAIAN COMPANY CALLED RLG!!

  3. How much of that 24Trillion goes back into the financial infrastructure for the people?

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