World newsfromwww.aljazeera.com2 months agoIt helps us survive': Poverty forces children into mine work in DR CongoSeventy children died in a landslide at the Rubaya mine, a site for coltan extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
World newsfromwww.aljazeera.com3 months agoI came back from the dead': 21 hours underground after DRC mine collapseArtisanal miners in Rubaya, DRC, extract much of the world's coltan while living in poverty and facing deadly, unstable mine conditions.
World newsfromwww.dw.com3 months agoDRC: Many killed in coltan mine disaster in east rebelsLandslides at coltan mines in North Kivu's Rubaya killed at least 200, halted artisanal mining, and threaten a key global tantalum supply.
World newsfromwww.aljazeera.com3 months agoMore than 200 killed in mine collapse in eastern DR Congo: ReportA collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern DRC killed over 200 people, with many trapped, injured, and bodies recovered amid rainy-season fragile ground.