Investigation Shows Child Labor in DR Congo Mines
This 4-Year-Old Works in a DR Congo Mine - VIDEOS
A Sky News investigation and Amnesty International report has found that children as young as four are working in dangerous and squalid conditions in mines, and the cobalt that is found is then sold to international electronics companies.
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19 January 2016
This is What We Die For: Child Labour in the DRC Cobalt Mines
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- Amnesty International
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This film documents the hazardous conditions in which artisanal miners, including thousands of children, mine cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the ... see more »
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28 February 2017
Special Report : Inside the DR Congo Mines That Exploit Children
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- Sky News
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It is an essential part of most mobile gadgets sold around the world and demand for Cobalt is soaring. But the process of extracting the mineral from ... see more »
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