Key terms
An increase in _____ demand is a major contributing factor to the crisis in the DRC
What is cobalt?
What is the country where Cobalt mining is a big issue?
What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Name of the CNN correspondent behind the Twitter page
Who is Larry Madowo?
Policy of US, China, and European nations that has led to them having strong economic control over cobalt in the DRC
What is imperialism?
Some neighboring countries have funded ______ to invade the DRC for cobalt
What are rebel groups/attacks?
Name of the country Sky News is based in
What is the UK?
This injustice that is currently a large problem in the DRC was banned in the US in 1938 with the Fair Labor Standards Act
What is child labor?
The approximate amount of displaced people in the DRC since 1996 (largely due to violence, cobalt rush, and rebel attacks)
What is 7 million?
The photos depicted cobalt mine workers on what terrain
What is a cliff?
Cobalt is used in what major electronic product
What is: Electric car batteries
What percentage of the world cobalt supply in 2021 came from the DRC?
What is 71%
The name of the Nigerian magazine that the news article was published for
What is The Republic?
Country that controls the large majority of global cobalt production (~73%), including dominance over cobalt mining in the DRC
What is China?
The population of Kolwezi is around ___ thousand
What is 500-600k people
Who is Pascal Maitre?