Congo - War Funded By Coltan Mining for Mobile Phones

Media:
il Giornale (national daily, 250.000 readers)

Titles and Dates:
The Civil War Sponsored by Mobile Phones (19th of April 2001)

Subject:
CONGO - How the illegal exploitation and export of Coltan, the mineral used to produce microchips for mobile phones, keeps on funding the rebel armies in Kivu region

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