How ‘modern-day slavery’ in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy

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Phone and elec­tric car bat­ter­ies are made with cobalt mined in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Repub­lic of Con­go. Cobalt Red author Sid­dharth Kara describes the con­di­tions for work­ers as a “hor­ror show.” 

(Image cred­it: Junior Kan­nah /AFP via Get­ty Images)