
Nicolas Niarchos Exposes the Cobalt Gold Rush
Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin
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Artisnal Mining
There's nothing to do, apart from artisnal mining. And people really exploit that. They get paid nothing. So they have suggested that agriculture would be a way of engaging the local population. In fact, it's a very fertile region as well, and something like 90 % of congo's food is imported. There are also some other groups, like the fair cobalt alliance, and then there's another a chinese group. The u n doesn't have a permanent presence, i don't think, in in colways. Actually, a lot of what they do in congo is to do with rebels in the north. I didn't see any sort of u n
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