tantalum, tungsten, tin, and gold have all been linked to violence in eastern congo by rebel groups and the congolese army. >> millions of people have been killed in the congo over the past decade. i want to see peace in the congo. >> the same minerals are used to make common electronics,that are sold all over the world. but in 2010, after months of lobbying by advocacy groups an obscure resolution called section 1502, was dropped into the dodd-frank wall street reform act. it means publicly traded companies are now required to track whether their products contain conflict minerals from congo. some of the top tech brands are taking credit for reducing violence here -- with the world's largest chip-maker intel even claiming that some of their products are now "100% conflict free". >> "we're proud to say the world's first commercially available conflict free microprocessors do just that". >> but how sure can they be? fault lines travels to eastern congo to investigate. john kanyoni is the owner of a leading trading house in goma. he makes his living selling tin and tantalum to internation

tantalum, tungsten, tin, and gold have all been linked to violence in eastern congo by rebel groups and the congolese army. >> millions of people have been killed in the congo over the past decade.

tantalum, tungsten, tin, and gold have all been linked to violence in eastern congo by rebel groups and the congolese army. >> millions of people have been killed in the congo over the

mission here says that it can provide logistical support, 30% of the support in eastern congo in areas where it has assets. it is a very complicated issue, but the opposition says the elections must be held no matter what >>> thank you for that. decades of fighting have left afghanistan littered with decaying records of war. one artist is making these her can vase >> reporter: in afghanistan's former battle fields now grave yards for tanks, rusted carcasses of war machines are getting floury make overs >> i just wanted to try it to see how it works. >> reporter: she is the make over artist. the 28 year old iranian came to afghanistan on a visit last year. like the people and decided to stay. when you told your family you're going to afghanistan what did they say? >> you're crazy >> reporter: she turned her attention to relics of war, aban dooned by the soviets when they withdrew from afghanistan in the late 19780s >> i enjoy recycling things. >> reporter: it took months to get permission from the afghan army to paint this tank. with the help of soldiers sent along to escort her, she re

we are being told this is mainly because of fear and certainty and we made some phone calls to eastern congoovisional capitol of the north where we are being told the situation is more or less the same and like you said the opposition has called for the strikes saying that the president must step down when his time expires in december, the 19th and joining me to discuss this is the government spokesperson, mrand thank you very much for talking to us and the opposition is accusing the government that deliberately withholding money from the electoral commission, money to plan this election, is there no money, what is the situation? >> i can't say that there is no money. and they are just accusing without bringing in some alternative solutions. we do have problems here in this country as any other countries. we do have budgetary problems due to the reduction of our incomes, you know, that there is a drop for the price of the mineral resources such as copper, such as cobalt so we have to adjust whatever we have to expend in the budget. so this is a problem. and we have a location today with an e

(animal roars) >> ushaka: the congo basin stretches from the mountains of the moon in the eastern democratic republic of congo to the coast of the gulf of guinea. it covers over 380,000 square miles. that's bigger than the state of texas. it's bursting with so much life, it's almost like visiting another planet. >> ushaka: rainforests absorb a lot of dangerous carbon dioxide, and cool the air that passes through them. because of this, scientists believe healthy rainforests could help limit the damage and other dangerous climate changes. how cool--literally-- is that, huh? (animals chattering) >> ushaka: believe it or not, it has been estimated that many millions of new species of plants, insects and microorganisms live in rainforests, and have yet to be discovered. for example, in the western world, people eat about 200 different varieties of fruit. the indigenous peoples of the world's rainforests use over 2,000. and here's an even more amazing fact-- 25% of all western drugs are derived from ingredients found here. that includes 70% of the plants that are used to fight cancer cells. >> ush

congo down into false cape landing. to the north we have some flurries flying across her williamsburg to newport news and hampton. across northampton county, in the eastern shore, furious with occasional light snow all the way from cape charles all the not doing too bad here. people are trying to get home. this will make your commute slow. this continues to push offshore. we will see things wind down by 700 the future trak forecasts, by 9:00, it will be out here, and we will see the clouds . as the storm pulls away, clouds policy, overnight we will see decreasing clouds. 7:00 tomorrow morning, will wake-up to a decent amount of sunshine. even we will track a mix of sun and customer, the biting northwest wind will keep temperatures and wind-chills on the chilly side. the snow ending bicyclic or 7:00. tomorrow, drive but cold. 'temperatures only in the 30s, and colder on sunday, and a lot of talk about in the full forecast. >> we will check in with the team of reporters in the field. elizabeth city. joe: hi. since about 1:45. more than two hours of pretty consistent snowfall. you can see on the grass behind me it is sticking. we estimate a little more than

eastern africa remains at risk of instability over the next year. al shabab attacks will persist. the risk of violence in the central african republic, the democratic republic of the congosouth sudan and sudan will continue despite peace and stability efforts. the key causes of instability, lack of political transparency, corruption, suffocated civil society, violation of human rights, religious extremisiouset rights, religious extremisxtrem insufficient economic opportunity and as far as social mobility are some among many. they will continue to serve as drivers for civil conflict, social problems. all of these issues daesh plays upon and blames the west for its challenges. these terrorist threats and the drivers of conflict alone not taken into account the myriad other global security concerns, statement actors, the economy and technology, have impact on the way daesh shapes and sizes its force to deal with the future. our mission, simply provide intelligence on foreign military capabilities and operating environment that delivers decisive advantage to prevent andcisively win wars. we incorporate operations analysis as well as science and technology to support our mis