In Texas, a child who is 14 or 15 years of age cannot legally work during school hours and cannot work more than 40 hours a ...

Artisanal mines – where conditions of child labor are more common – account for 15% to 30% of the DRC’s cobalt production.

Congo launched new monitoring and tracing mechanisms in 2018 to tackle child labour in mineral production. They apply both to artisanal mines and operations run by large mining companies.

The International Labour Organization estimates more than 1 million children work in mines and quarries worldwide, a problem particularly acute in Africa, where poverty, limited access to education ...

The National NGO Forum, led by child-focused non-profit OAfrica, has intensified calls for urgent national action to end ...

Lithium mining began in Pasali a decade ago, transforming a remote and slumbering community into a bustling site for small-scale illegal mining, said Shedrack Bala, a 25-year-old who began working ...

The National NGO Forum has called for an urgent national response to end child labour in illegal small-scale mining, widely ...

The International Labour Organization estimates more than 1 million children work in mines and quarries worldwide, a problem particularly acute in Africa, where poverty, limited access to education ...