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Dutch labour party wants coltan ban to stop child-slavery in Congo

AMSTERDAM - Dutch labour MP Martijn van Dam has asked the world's major cellphone manufacturers to stop using the Congolese mineral coltan - to stop child-slavery.

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Congo's Lubanga trial verdict due

The International Criminal Court is set to deliver its first ever verdict, in the case of DR Congo's Thomas Lubanga. accused of using child soldiers.

ICC finds Congo's Lubanga guilty

The International Criminal Court finds Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers - the court's first verdict.

Panorama: Glencore mines probe

Glencore, the multi-billion pound commodity giant, stands accused of profiting from child labour in a mine in the Congo, and paying the associates of paramilitary killers in Colombia.

VIDEO: Activists target child marriages

Campaigners in Bangladesh are stepping up their efforts to put a stop to child marriages.

In pictures: Rebuilding the Democratic Republic of Congo

Pictures as Congo tries to move on from conflict