It is nOt simpLy diaMonds that have bLOod oN them ... so does your phone and many of the gaMes you pLay ~ meanwhiLe The Congo suffers unbearabLy ~ it is incumbeNt upon aLL of us ~ to STOP the maSsacres ~ The electronics we use every day could have a sinister side: they could contain slave-mined minerals in the Congo, otherwise known as ‘Conflict Minerals.’ The Second Congo War, also known as the Great War of Africa, caused by these conflict minerals, is not well known in the west. This is especially surprising considering it is the deadliest conflict since World War II. An estimated 5.4 million people died as a result of the war by 2007, mostly from disease and starvation. The conflict still continues in many areas due to competition over access to resources. Conflict minerals are often mined under brutal conditions by forced labour, debt bondage, and even child slavery in the Congo. Slave-mined minerals are in many of our everyday electronic items: they generate hundreds of millions of dollars, and fuel the world’s deadliest ongoing conflict. ~ * Aaron Jackson * ~
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 07:17:46 +0000
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