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Is the US conflict minerals campaign a force for change?
06/03/2012 - African news explained

Is the US conflict minerals campaign a force for change?

A new campaign against so-called conflict minerals aims to encourage students and educational establishments to stop purchasing electronic goods manufactured using minerals such as Coltan, that ...

Joseph Kabila
20/09/2010 - Angola - DRC

DRC and Angolan presidents meet amid tensions

Democratic Republic of Congo President Jospeh Kabila was in Luanda on Monday for a meeting with his Angolan counterpart José Edouardo dos Santos on stability in the region.

30/08/2010 - Chile

Rescuers begin drilling rescue shaft

Chilean rescuers began drilling a shaft at the San Jose mine on Monday to rescue 33 miners who have been trapped deep underground for 25 days.

13/08/2010 - South Africa

Four bodies found after alleged mine massacre

Four bodies were found in a disused gold mine which belongs to relatives of former President Nelson Mandela and President Jacob Zuma, after local media report a shoot-out between illegal miners ...

26/07/2010 - DRC - United Kingdom

Campaign group sues UK government for enabling DRC violence

Campaign group Global Witness is taking the British government to court for allegedly failing to report companies trading Congolese "conflict minerals".

13/05/2010 - Zimbabwe

Mine workers strike for better pay

Thousands of mine workers in Zimbabwe went on strike on Thursday for better pay after union negotiations with employers collapsed, the Associated Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe said.

10/04/2010 - US

Death toll rises in West Virginia US mining disaster

Four coal miners missing after an explosion at a West Virginia, US coal mine have been found dead, local officials announced Saturday.

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