PHOTO ESSAY: Congo coltan miners dig for world's tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, at the artisanal Rubaya mining site, hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a key mineral crucial for producing modern electronics and defense technology.

source https://www.independent.co.uk/news/congo-felix-tshisekedi-trump-rwanda-gates-foundation-b2753139.html