Why Congo’s gold nuggets drip so much blood

By Dominic Odipo

“Every time you use a cell phone or log onto a computer, you could be contributing to the death toll in the bloodiest, most violent region in the world: the eastern Congo. Rich in ‘conflict minerals’, this remote and lawless land is home to deposits of gold, diamonds, coltan, tin and tungsten, some critical to cell phones, computers and other popular electronics.”