Simon Marijsse, Robert Carrubba, and Lutula Kaminkya The current has carried the motored dinghy for 4 hours along a tributary of the Congo River in the eastern South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The journey is arduous and unpredictable, one measured by travelers in days rather than kilometers. To reach the boat, miners and merchants first have ridden moto- or van- taxis and gone on foot for at least three days from Bukavu, the border city on Lake Kivu between Rwanda and DRC. The hum of the outboard motor mixes with the ever-present gurgling of the...

