Consuming the Congo

The remote and lawless eastern Congo is rich in resources critical to the circuitry in cell phones, computers, and other electronics conflict minerals mined under conditions of war and egregious human rights abuses. Veteran conflict journalist Peter Eichstaedt goes into these killing fields to unear [...]
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The remote and lawless eastern Congo is rich in resources critical to the circuitry in cell phones, computers, and other electronics conflict minerals mined under conditions of war and egregious human rights abuses. Veteran conflict journalist Peter Eichstaedt goes into these killing fields to unearth what is behind the bloodshed and to hear the stories of those who live this nightmarish reality. He talks with survivors of villages decimated by war and desperate miners slogging through muck while militias and renegade army units roam the jungles, killing and raping with impunity, taking the profits, and leaving villagers to grueling labor, brutality, and disease. Millions of Congolese have died, and the bloodletting continues at a frightening pace. "Consuming the Congo" offers not only a view into the situation behind the headlines, but examines how we, as part of the problem, can become part of the solution."