The densest concentration of cobalt in the world is in the Congo, where centuries of colonial pillage and local poverty have created an unstable, one-note economy.
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Staff writer Hannah Gordon explores how increased demands for cobalt are fuelling dangerous mining practices in The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).