Mineral resources have played a crucial role in fuelling protracted armed conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Illegal armed grou

In the twenty-first century, the relationship between violent conflict and natural resources has become a matter of intense public and academic debate. As a res

This report evaluates the links between coltan trade and violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and examines the potential for recent le

Rich in minerals, the eastern DRC has long been the site of one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Since 1998, an estimated 5 million have died as a resu

Describes the "conflict minerals" mined in the Congo amidst armed conflict and human rights abuses including gold, diamonds, coltan, tin, and tungsten used in c