- 33% of children in Congo, have given up school to mine coltan.
- The Rwandan army makes $20 million a month from mining coltan.
- Children serve in the Rwandan army.
- Coltan is responsible for the death of over 3 million people in less than 4 years in the Congo.
- Coltan is now known as the war mineral.
- The civil wars in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and other African countries are financed by coltan.
- Coltan, which is traded on the black market for $400 US a pound is mined by about 2 million child slaves that work from sunrise to sunset.
- Approximately 2 children die for every cell phone made.
- The mining of coltan resulted in more than 5 million deaths and the rape of 20 million women over the course of 15 years.
- The Rwandan army makes $20 million a month from mining coltan.
- Children serve in the Rwandan army.
- Coltan is responsible for the death of over 3 million people in less than 4 years in the Congo.
- Coltan is now known as the war mineral.
- The civil wars in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and other African countries are financed by coltan.
- Coltan, which is traded on the black market for $400 US a pound is mined by about 2 million child slaves that work from sunrise to sunset.
- Approximately 2 children die for every cell phone made.
- The mining of coltan resulted in more than 5 million deaths and the rape of 20 million women over the course of 15 years.