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In his first 2025 catechism lesson, Pope says anyone who exploits or abuses a child answers to God
Francis has frequently decried child labor, especially during his foreign trips. During his 2023 visit to Congo, he denounced how foreign powers and mining interests used children to extract Congo’s ...
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On the backs of children: Why U.S. companies exploit foreign child labor and how to stop it
children in the Democratic Republic of Congo mine cobalt for multi-million dollar corporations like Apple and Volkswagen. Early on, the use of child labor on Guatemalan plantations instigated ...
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Despite reforms, mining for EV metals in Congo exacts steep cost on workers
After revelations of child labor and treacherous conditions in many ... Arlette Bashizi traveled together across southeastern Congo, visiting industrial and artisanal mines in the country ...
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World Day Against Child Labor: More African children working
Cameroon's law prohibits child labor, according to Pauline Biyong ... to toil in the gold mines of Tanzania and neighboring Congo. Others in countries such as South Sudan endanger their lives ...