> feed their people or prevent war-lords from exploiting their own people for slave labor. Uh, what warlords? The huge majority of cobalt goes to china and th

> feed their people or prevent war-lords from exploiting their own people for slave labor. Uh, what warlords? The huge majority of cobalt goes to china and the slightly smaller majority is directly influenced or controlled by china. This has nothing to do with the DRC, it's because of foreign interference. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2013/06/chinese-mining-industry-contributes-abuses-democratic-republic-congo/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2013/06/chinese-minin... Not to mention that one of the first effects of the liberalization required by the IMF and UN was to cause the state to sell off all its mining equipment and effectively destroy all local non-artisanal mining. > from the proceeds of their rare-earths Yeah can you give me any answers to any of these questions: 1. Which rare earth is in batteries? 2. Which rare earth is mined in Congo? 3. Is cobalt a rare earth element? > oust violent barbaric war-lords? Maybe update your priors to more recent than a decade ago