An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo’s cobalt mining operation―and the moral implications that affect us all. Those familiar with Leopold’s regime may reasonably point out that there is little equivalency between the atrocities that took place during his time and the harms taking place today. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. He was one of only 10 academics globally to receive the prestigious BA Global Professorship in 2020. Siddharth Kara (Sociology and Social Policy) is part of the Rights Lab's Measurement and Geographies Programme and is a British Academy Global Professor (2020-2024).

Part of the RMI’s platform includes a Responsible Minerals Assurance Process that purports to support independent, third-party assessments of cobalt supply chains and to monitor cobalt mining sites in the DRC for child labor. It is also used in a wide array of emerging low-carbon innovations that are critical to the achievement of climate sustainability goals. Nearing the center of cobalt mining in Kolwezi, we will encounter testimonies of a darker truth, one that cannot be fathomed. Roughly 2,300 kilometers southeast of Kinshasa at the opposite end of the country is Lubumbashi, capital of Haut-Katanga Province and administrative head of the mining provinces. With extraordinary tenacity and compassion, Siddharth Kara evokes one of the most dramatic divides between wealth and poverty in the world today.The idea that my phone has caused the death of a child in Congo is not only abhorrent, but devastating to me. The crescent shape of the Congo River makes it the only one in the world that crosses the equator twice. As scrutiny over the conditions under which cobalt is mined has increased, stakeholders have formulated international coalitions to help ensure that their supply chains are clean.

The scramble for cobalt is just the most recent venture in the long history of exploitation in the Congo spanning as far back as the late 1800s. The people and children of Congo are very, very, brave [ they do what they have to do to have lives, even though it is full of pain and poverty and more often than not, death]. The schools require fees and often times the family has to take their child out of school so they can mine and support the family. When the current US presidential administration announced that the entire federal fleet of vehicles will soon be replaced by EV, I wondered why Native American leaders were furious.Unless you're extremely naive this book is exactly what you think it is, the poorest people on the planet being exploited by the richest on the planet. Not to mention the men and women in the Congo who're of age working in mines who're exploited in a way that make you question what century it is.