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Tracing conflict gold in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Artisanal gold miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo use their hands and crude tools to find and extract gold. They get paid only when they find the mineral. These miners are working at…
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Tracing conflict gold in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Early evening, on a Monday in March, a Congolese customs official stopped a woman casually attempting to pass through a small border crossing between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring Rwanda. Francine Nakulumba,…