If you told me before to day that there will minerals in smart phone that came from war-torn countries, I probably wouldn't believe you. Who would of known that essential minerals for smart phones come from the Congo, the "rape capital of the world". This article supplied disturbing info about what life is like in this War-torn country. The descriptions of destroyed families that were subjected to rape and eating each other, deeply disturbed me. The article included statistics about how 5.4 million lives had been taken in the war in Congo, this is a whopping 45,000 people per month. The Congo features examples of bad government and military conflict, both apart of "THE BOMB", a collection of causes of poverty. With further research about Congo I learned as of 2007, they are in Tier 2
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