
Theatrical trailer for Congo, from the DVD. Yes, I know the audio is slightly out of sync, I can't get it to sync exactly.
May 2006 The West's demand for Cassiterite is fuelling the killings in Congo. Militias rely on slave labour to extract the ore, forcing locals to work in sub-human conditions. "Once you get down there, there's no air", describes one worker. "The rocks often bury us and you have to crawl through the ...
July 2005 The major problem facing Africa is corruption and control of resources. In the DRC, the military is stealing minerals to sell to Western companies. At a remote mine in central DRC, workers with torches and pick axes hack at the ruddy earth. They are mining cassiterite, a mineral vital in ...
Trailer for the acclaimed documentary "Congo River, Beyond Darkness", by Thierry Michel. Check out this fantastic movie at: congo-river.com
The Wildlife Conservation Society surveyed for western lowland gorillas in northern Congo Republic and found a "motherlode" of more than 125000, as yet unaffected by Ebola virus or hunting. But threats are rising. More on Dot Earth (nytimes.com/dotearth) and www.wcs.org
September 2009 Making mobile phones uses minerals only available from Congo's war zone. Is our appetite for the latest electronic gadgets fuelling exploitation in the Congoeven threatening the survival of central Africas magnificent gorillas? On the inside of many devices like mobile phones and ...