Rape Crisis in East Congo Tied to Mining Activity - Women's eNews

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WOMENSENEWS)--Activists concerned by this year's escalation of sexual violence in eastern Congo are trying to turn up the heat on those benefitting--directly or indirectly--from illicit mineral extractions.

"Conflict minerals power our entire electronic industry," John Prendergast, co-founder of the Enough Project, told U.S. senators at a May 13 hearing on sexual violence in eastern Congo and Sudan. 

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