![Mujisha, a 12-year-old Congolese boy who collects coltan, one of the raw materials needed to make mobile phones. In eastern Congo, children like Mujisha are engaged in dangerous mining operations in the coltan mines to earn a living for their families. [PHOTO CREDIT: Compromis.net]](https://i0.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2021/10/ISS-Today-image-2.jpeg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1)
Child Miners: The dark side of the DRC’s coltan wealth
Laws and certification schemes aren’t protecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s most vulnerable – a fresh approach is needed.
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Laws and certification schemes aren’t protecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s most vulnerable – a fresh approach is needed.