In the CAR, diamonds don’t make friends, they make child labour and poverty
In a country with one of the world’s highest child labour rates, Covid-19 has forced more children into its mines
02 December 2020 - 20:21
Since the coronavirus forced his school to close in March, Papin has been working six days a week at a diamond mine in the Central African Republic (CAR) — hauling sacks of mud and rubble under a hot sun...
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