In Focus: Congo's Bloody Coltan

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Produced by the Pulitzer Center, "Congo's Bloody Coltan" is a quick glimpse at coltan's role in Congo's civil war. It was featured on "Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria" in the Fall of 2006. For photographs, resources and additional reporting by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele on the DRC visit:
http://www.pulitzercenter.org/showproject.cfm?id=17

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That is sad. If I ... ( 1 year ago by seagirlkat)

That is sad. If I was spending my life mining something, I'd want to know what it was!

Un petit blanc va ... ( 1 year ago by specialkmatt)

Un petit blanc va venir manger à la même table? c'est mal connaître l'esprit blanc.. serieusement.. les Grands Blancs appauvrissent intellectuellement leurs propres enfants. Comment voulez-vous qu'ils ouvrent les yeux face à la réalité? Le Coltan ne s'invente pas. Point. Mais un grand merci. Je ne suis pas le seul à m'exprimer à ce propos. Et quand je le fais, autour de moi en Europe, LES GENS BAISSENT LES YEUX.

vous voyez, ... ( 11 months ago by kwami300)

vous voyez, l'imbecil qui se passe pour le gouverneur du kivu est un rwandais tutsi qui est la pour servir les interets de son patron Paul Kagame(rwandais)nous congolais nous francophones et non anglophone comme tout ces imbecils des ougandais et rwandais qui tuent mon peuple. La verite est la et quant a vous nos voisins vous le payerez tres cher.

I couldnt even ... ( 10 months ago by MasterMakeupArtist)

I couldnt even watch the rest of this video... devastating..

As a decendant of ... ( 9 months ago by Kalydosos)

As a decendant of slaves I watch this and feel angry and sad at the hypocracy. Of the racist west I fear we black people living in Western countries will one day pay big. For doing nothing to help our black brothers and sisters in the Congo.

Yes Muzungu16 but ... ( 8 months ago by musicinside02)

Yes Muzungu16 but guess this is one of aspects in DRCongo mines. The whole contry is suffering/invaded by illegal traffic. Je pense qu'il est de tout un chacun de combattre ce fléau. La victime de tout ceci: Enfant Congolais.Débout et Mobilisons-nous et cessons avec la politique de la chaise vide!!!!

Kalydosos-- So why, ... ( 5 months ago by KoroOutbreak)

Kalydosos-- So why, oh black brother from the west, do you do nothing? Spike Lee seems intent on selling shoes for Nike. Stop blaming the "racist west" and do something about it.

Fix the racism in ... ( 5 months ago by Kalydosos)

Fix the racism in your own country first then come lecturing to me your full of shit. If you don't agree with video! bring your facts if you can you genetically recessive prick.

Yes, it's my ... ( 5 months ago by KoroOutbreak)

Yes, it's my responsibility to fix the racism in a country where the leading presidential candidate is black. Not saying there isn't terrible amounts of racism in America, as we saw with Katrina, but there weren't many black kids going down to New Orleans from all around the country, were there? They were mostly white. I grew up in a black neighborhood and just saw everybody bringing THEMSELVES down, while the African immigrants in the neighborhood (Ethiopians mostly) thrived.

I am SICK of seeing ... ( 3 months ago by hotrox67)

I am SICK of seeing starving children, broken lives, amputations, wartorn republics, etc etc.
Next time someone asks me to donate money for famine in Africa, I will not donate... unless it is to buy a precision guided weapon to kill the mudering scum who perpetuate death & misery in Africa; those who sell the the aid I pay for to buy guns. Those who sell the food I buy to enslave others.

Then aim those ... ( 3 months ago by saqaaf)

Then aim those missiles at a few european capitals and not to forget the US.
Tey learning from china.

We are all ... ( 2 months ago by fumne)

We are all responsible. stop acting like YOU have nothing to do with it and OPEN yourself to true RESPONSIBILITY.

hotrox67- I know ... ( 2 months ago by CULAVE)

hotrox67- I know what you mean; the Joseph Kony's of this world are sickening

¿¿Hasta donde son ... ( 2 months ago by themostbeautifulyear)

¿¿Hasta donde son capaces de llegar las grandes multinacionales???????!!!!!!!!

We speak of carbon ... ( 2 months ago by hraisz)

We speak of carbon footprints.. What can we do to atone for the tragedy of Congo, just so we can use our computers and cell phones.

What a surprise.?? ... ( 2 months ago by hotrox67)

What a surprise.?? Congo is fucked yet AGAIN!! Yet ANOTHER 'humanitarian crisis' in Africa. You know what, I dont need a mobile phone, I dont really need a TV, I can live without a PC. If this is what Tantalum really buys (look at recent news about Congo AGAIN) then fuckit, I'm not buying. Disgusting repetition of misery that I refuse to be participant in.

you fucking ... ( 2 months ago by lusozi)

you fucking congolese stop dancing ndombolo when banyarwanda are taking your land. wake up. your have to fight to the last drop.

Me parece bien los ... ( 2 months ago by videos2444)

Me parece bien los negros no son personas son animales entupidos negros muéranse voy a comprar mas aparatos para que sigan esclavizando negros asquerosos idiotas

stupido soy blanco ... ( 1 month ago by FinallyGotBestOfMe)

stupido soy blanco e me das asco, por abla tonteria

No hay razon por ... ( 1 month ago by bribriscoe)

No hay razon por hacer comentarios racistas e ignorantes.

I have not heard ... ( 1 month ago by arsenet83)

I have not heard that Bill Gates or Warren Buffet have pulled out their investments in all those multinational companies mentioned in this video. They invest huge capital in R&D and expect me to believe that all their
donations are done for a good cause! We're not ignorants as you may think. We know who benefit in both causes - their donations are tax deductible in the long run and they are entitled to receiving huge capital from the Fed if losses occur. Go figure out who is to blame.

Just to put the ... ( 1 month ago by rNINIO)

Just to put the facts straight - less than 1% of the world's coltan requirements comes from the DRC. The main source is from Australia and other countries. The coltan mines in the DRC help support quite a large section of the community around the Goma area. War is war and of course there are casualities - war in Africa has been going on for centuries and will continue to so for many more centuries - it is part of the growing pains of Africa. Europe has been through it and so have the Americas.

Coltan, coltan, or ... ( 3 weeks ago by jellogum)

Coltan, coltan, or where does it go, this coltan that is 1% of the market? Little coltan, you just disappear, neither here, nor there. Lots dug up with no place to go, poor little coltan ore, without a home, just wandering alone. No market for you, people dig you up for fun, under the hot sun, little coltan ore. Congo loves you so much, so much so everyone wants to start a war, to mine coltan ore, while destroying parks, plants, animals, civil life, peaceful days, all for fun coltan ore.

Thank you so much ... ( 5 days ago by DafrenchAccent)

Thank you so much for this piece of infomration, we need more people like you!!!

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