The DR Congo is bracing for election results and it's likely to get bloody. Here's what you need to know
- Written by Susan Hutchinson, PhD Candidate, Australian National University
When Congolese gynaecologist Dr Denis Mukwege received his Nobel Peace Prize a few months ago, he inferred responsibility for what happens in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to everyone who owns a smart phone. As well as diamonds and oil, the country is rich in the gold, coltan and cobalt vital to the production of the smart phone in your...