Economics
New Hazards Face Congolese Copper Miners as Map Is Redrawn
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If there is a route that represents the Democratic Republic of Congo’s path from civil war to economic growth it’s the highway from the southeastern city of Kolwezi to the border with Zambia at Kasumbalesa.
More than a million metric tons of copper were trucked down the road last year, up from 9,000 tons in 2003, the year a peace agreement officially ended Africa’s deadliest civil war.