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 * Rebels have been killing animals for food and selling the small ones for pets.
 * more than 2/3 of the gorillas have been killed.
 * The rangers keep the gorillas safe.
 * Latest phones, playstations, and laptops used the mineral known as coltan
 * 100s work in very rough conditions in a mine. The diggers give half of what they get to the soldiers in return for protection. Most of the diggers are children. The gun man don't just take their gold they also take their food.
 * The country collapsed after 1991 genocide in Rwanda. People flooded into eastern Congo. Rebels are fighting for mineral territories and have been hurting civilians.
 * The reporter tries to make video of the mine during work
 * Coltan helps make technology much smaller.
 * Apple uses Coltan in their products which sell very well. Coltan is used for phones and computers. The hills are rich with minerals and specially gold.
 * The coltan mine is owned by a senator form Congo. who refuses the reporters to go observe the mine while people are working.
 * Militias tax the mines and find ways to sell it to the market.
 * Coltan is helping to fund the war.