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Red Zones - World’s Toughest Places | Congo - Conflict and Blood Gold | Free Documentary (2025)

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Conflict and Blood Gold in Eastern Congo aims to show what life is really like for ordinary civilians living in Eastern Congo’s red zones. Centered on North and South Kivu provinces where much of the region's gold supplies are situated, this film will show how money, power, gold and guns have distorted the rule of law and pushed people into a war economy which feeds off their natural environment. Plunder and displacement have become normalized as has the destruction of one of the country’s precious rainforests, which boasts an immense ecosystem in the heart of Africa.

Gold, copper, tin and an abundance of tantalum are just some of the precious resources which sit below the surface of this vast country. Scattered across the eastern provinces, these key minerals are fueling unprecedented conflict. Over 100 different armed groups compete for control of mining zones, transport links, towns and villages. Civilians are at the mercy of these armed factions who are driven by tantalizing profits, using violence as a way of controlling remote rural populations who are cheap labour for both legal and illegal mines that foreign powers blindly cash in on.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most resource-rich nations on earth, but these valuable assets, which are the engine to the world’s economy, continue to curse this troubled land.

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