The rare and highly sought-after raw materials cobalt and coltan are mined in Congo under deplorable working conditions. Coltan is needed for laptops and smartphones, and without cobalt, there would be no lithium-ion batteries in e-cars. Anyone who talks about digitalization offensives or e-mobility cannot remain silent about the exploitation in Congo by international corporations from Switzerland or China, for example. Copper or gold from the Congo are also needed by the industry worldwide. In the Congo Basin, resources in the world’s second largest rainforest are also being fought over. 
The courageous Coracon radio network in the eastern part of the country, where war is raging, is often considered the only reliable source of information there with its more than 60 local radio stations. The Munich-based association Journalists Help Journalists, founded during the wars in the former Yugoslavia, supports this work.