D.R.Congo: war for minerals

There's no peace in D.R.Congo. In North Kivu, east side of the country, the mineral's control is in the hands of many lords of the war that exchange gold, coltan and diamond for new weapons and new power on the territory. And the war goes on. Rubaya is a small town of miners. Seven months ago Nyatura militia took control of the entire area (full of coltan and cassiterite): now the miners must work under them control.

Erberto Zani (Italy, 1978) is a documentary photographer, journalist and photo books designer, based between Parma (Italy) and Basel (Switzerland). Since 1998 he worked as photographer in advertisement sector. Freelance since 2008, most of his works are focused on documentary-humanitarian themes. He cooperates with companies, magazines and No Profit Organizations, for photographs and editorial projects.