With at least 40,000 coerced into mining coltan, and several global tech brands directly implicated in funding conflict, pressure needs to bear on stopping the war as an imperative for the children to go to school. For over two decades, eastern Congo has been experiencing war that has claimed the lives of millions of Congolese. This war is in the Kivu area, where about 60% of the world reserve of coltan is found. As a result, children have been exposed to militias and rebel groups that recruit children into military/ militia and mining activities. As of 2019, about 40,000 children … Continue reading Children and the Coltan Wars in Eastern Congo