Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo have resulted in millions of Congolese lives lost, while benefiting the trade of small arms and valuable minerals like coltan.
Congo's Bloody Coltan
Published January 6, 2011
Updated January, 2012
Produced by the Pulitzer Center, "Congo's BloodyﾠColtan" explores coltan's role in Congo's ongoing civil war. It was featured on Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakariaﾠin the Fall of 2006.
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Credits:
Reporter/Producer: Mvemba Phezo Dizolele
Producer/Editor: Nathalie Applewhite
Editor: Chris Belcher
Field Producer: Jeca Taudte
Videographer: Cary McClelland
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Footage from Mvemba Phezo Dizolele's reporting project, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where air on Dancing with the Stars on Tuesday, October 19.
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Mvemba Phezo Dizolele has worked as the United Press International Africa Columnist and as a policy analyst at the Center for Global Development; he has also been a William C. and Barbara H. Edwards...
